alexander the great was poisoned?

[Andros Antonius]

I confirm that it is really true İskenderun means "of Alexander" in old Turkish, it just changed to "İskenderin" in modern Turkish. Arabic "Iskenderiye" with phoenic notation IPA TR: ıskɛndɛru:n ARB: ıskɛndɛri:jɛ... (correct me if mistaken with IPA)

Is that all based on his Persian name?

And I doubt Ptolemy was really responsible, but who knows. I always thought that poison was one of the main accepted causes of death, aside from the actual fever. Anyway, I haven't read up on Alexander in years but it's an interesting topic.

[Atraphoenix]

Is that all based on his Persian name?

And I doubt Ptolemy was really responsible, but who knows. I always thought that poison was one of the main accepted causes of death, aside from the actual fever. Anyway, I haven't read up on Alexander in years but it's an interesting topic.

AFAIK all derived from old Persian, Skandar or Iskandar.