I love the story of what Peter Green calls "Alexander's Funeral Games" - the battles of Alexander's generals to secure his body after he died and use it to legi

I love the story of what Peter Green calls "Alexander's Funeral Games" - the battles of Alexander's generals to secure his body after he died and use it to legitimate their own claims to rule. Such a great illustration of the role of symbolic gestures in history. http://books.google.com/books?id=1QOvJ14Jxv8C&lpg=PA20&dq=peter%20green%20alexander%20burial&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=1QOvJ14Jxv8C&lpg=PA20&dq=pe...