Book 2
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It is clear that Antigonus at any rate entertained that opinion, for after the battle he asked Alexander, the commander of the cavalry, with the view of convicting him of his shortcoming, Why he had engaged before the signal was given? And upon Alexander answering that He had not done so, but that a young officer from Megalopolis had presumed to anticipate the signal, contrary to his wish: Antigonus replied, That young man acted like a good general in grasping the situation; you, general, were the youngster.
