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grbs-6981	Sansone, David	Plutarch, Alexander, and the Discovery of Naphtha	1980	12	.pdf	application/pdf	5482	330	65	In the case of Lysander, for instance, Plutarch shows us the Spartan general attempting to transcend his innate melancholy by redirecting (we might almost here speak of 'sublimating') his tendency toward cupidity for the benefit of his homeland.20 Similarly Alexander must 8ul71vpo£ 70710£); if. Yet in ch.35 Plutarch makes a lengthy digression on the nature of naphtha, occasioned by its discovery by Alexander's men when they reached Babylon.	cache/grbs-6981.pdf	txt/grbs-6981.txt