A few months before the death of this ruler, his bodyguard Hephaestion died after eating a rotten chicken. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Macedonian ruler who, according to Plutarch, died after a month-long illness in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II at the age of 32.
ANSWER: Alexander the Great [or Alexander III of Macedon, Aléxandros Megas, or Aléxandros III]
[10m] According to some accounts, Alexander was actually poisoned on the orders of this man. This general was appointed the “strategos of Europe” and regent of Macedon in 334 BCE when Alexander began his conquest.
ANSWER: Antipater [or Antipatros]
[10h] After his death, Ptolemy I Soter took Alexander’s body to Alexandria, where it was claimed to be entombed in this substance. The Great Pharmacopoeia recounts an Arabian story about a legendary medicine made from men who used this substance on their bodies.
ANSWER: honey
<Munir Siddiqui, Other History>