Rimski povjesničar Plutarch je kasnije pisao da je božica Artemida bila previše zaokupljena rođenjem Aleksandra te nije mogla pomoći hramu.

Though Plutarch claims that all three hundred died that day, other writers [ citation needed ] claim that two hundred and fifty-four died and all the rest were wounded.

1362, from O. Fr. alkemie, from M. L. alkimia, from Arabic al-kimiya, from Gk. khemeioa (found c. 300 C. E. in a decree of Diocletian against " the old writings of the Egyptians "), all meaning " alchemy. " Perhaps from an old name for Egypt (Khemia, lit. " land of black earth, " found in Plutarch), or from Gk. khymatos " that which is poured out, " from khein " to pour, " related to khymos " juice, sap. " The word seems to have elements of both origins

The Greek philosopher, Plutarch whilst relating the allegory of Isis and Osiris, informs us that the ancient Egyptians considered the star as a symbol of immortality.