Dan Carlin
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Arian continues, quote,
He, meaning Parmenio, pointed out that a victory in present circumstances would be of great strategic advantage, while a defeat would not be very serious, as Persia in any case had command of the sea.
He was fully prepared, he said, to go aboard himself and share the perils of the day."
I can't help but think of like athletes, you know, who I guess they never gave up the sport if we're using Parmenio as an analogy here.
But I'm thinking of like these hockey players like Gordie Howe or something coming back at really heavy duty ages and trying to get in there and mix it up physically with the youngsters.
Parmenio is going to get on that.
I mean, these dudes were kind of amazing.
But anyway, so he says to Alexander, I'll go do it myself.
And this time, Alexander's the one being cautious, and Arian has him saying, quote, Alexander replied that Parmenio was mistaken and that he'd wrongly interpreted the omen.
Let me stop here and point out that, once again, it's an argument point.
Alexander has to address the omen thing.
You got the omen wrong.
Arian continues, quote,
In the first place, this is Alexander talking, it was absurd to rush blindly into a naval engagement against greatly superior forces, and with an untrained fleet against the highly trained Cyprian and Phoenician crews.
The sea, moreover, was a tricky thing.
One could not trust it, and he was not going to risk making a present to the Persians of all the skill and courage of his men,
As to defeat, it would be very serious indeed and would affect profoundly the general attitude to the war in its early stages.
Above all, by encouraging the Greeks to revolt the moment they got news of a Persian success at sea.
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So some logical points, we would say, in addition to the...
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