Head of the so called Dying Alexander, Hellenistic art, Uffizi Gallery.
A dark mist crossed the sky, and a bolt of lightning was seen to fall from heaven into the sea, and with it a great eagle. And the bronze statue of Arimazd in Babylon quivered; and the lightning ascended into heaven, and the eagle went with it, taking with it a radiant star. And when the star disappeared in the sky, Alexander too had shut his eyes
The Legend had begun.
~The Nature of Alexander by Mary Renault~
World Of Alexander The Great 
Fun to read you blog. And thank you for visiting mine.
Beautiful! What thoughts do you have on his death? I.e. do you think it was from illness, or could there be something to the modern retake that he was in fact poisoned by his own men?
Exellent