Chares of Mytilene

He was appointed court-marshal or introducer of strangers to the king, an office borrowed from the Persian court.

He wrote a history of Alexander in ten books, dealing mainly with the private life of the king.

[1] These fragments are largely concerned with court ceremonies and personal gossip, including a description of Alexander's introduction of the Persian custom of proskynesis to his court.

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