Plutarch called Alexander’s grief at Hephaistion’s death ‘uncontrollable’. He lay on Hephaistion’s body for an entire day and refused to leave, until he was dragged away by force. He cut his hair short in mourning, and in a last echo of Achilles and Patroclus, laid the lock of his hair in Hephaistion’s hands, moving the whole company to tears. On the day of the funeral, he gave orders for the sacred of flame in the temple to be extinguished, usually an honour reserved only for the death of the King himself.

(Quelle: thylaa)