Alexander the Great was poisoned by the Styx River?

Recently, scientists have speculated that Alexander the Great was killed by a deadly bacterium in the Styx river.

The American researchers found a link between the prominent disease symptoms of Alexander the Great before his death in 323 BC with the effect of a highly toxic bacterium in the Styx River.

Scientists speculate that the famous king of the kingdom of Macedonia, who conquered the vast territory between Greece and India, may have been poisoned by a jar of water from the Styx river in Greece.

The river is still mentioned in Greek mythology as a path to hell that is considered a creation based on a river in reality called Mavroneri, also known as the Black Water with the flow of the peaks of the Peloponnesian peninsula.

Ancient Greeks thought that the river was so toxic that it could disintegrate any ship, except for those made from hooves of horses or mules.

Alexander felt tired at a night party to Nebuchadnezzar II's palace in Babylon, now Iraq.The great king said, 'Suddenly, pain like swords hits the gut' .He was taken to the bed by the guards.Twelve days later, he had a high fever, tight and all joints were aching.His condition became worse than the following days.He fell into a coma and died on June 10 (Documented June 11) in 323 BC, before his 33rd birthday.

Historians have suggested that Alexander's death was due to heavy alcohol, typhoid, malaria, acute pancreatitis, or West Nile fever, or that it could be poisoned (accidentally or poisoned).However, experts have considered the circumstances that led to the emperor's death and believed that he was killed by calicheamicin, an extremely dangerous compound created by bacteria in the Styx River.

"It is extremely toxic ," said Antoinette Hayes, a toxicology researcher, Stanford University. "It is a metabolite poison, one of hundreds of substances made by bacteria. It grows on rocks." lime, stone stuff is very much in Greece ' .

In Greek mythology, Zeus (Zeus) forces the gods to lead the Styx river to ensure the sacredness of the oath.Because if the deceitful gods, the gods of the gods, the king of the gods will force them to drink the river Styx river.And according to legend, the river Styx will deprive the gods of speaking and activity for a year.

"A sacred poison used by the gods would be appropriate for Alexander, who has been considered divine ," said Adrienne Mayor, Stanford University history researcher.

"Notably, some of Alexander's disease symptoms are very similar to the manifestations of illness that the legendary Styx river has been described in ancient Greek mythology."

"Alexander the Great lost his voice like the gods fell into a coma after drinking water from the Styx River."

An ancient Styx river with a reputation for deadly toxicity is supporting this study.However, it has not been clearly demonstrated.

"Personally, I think Alexander died of a natural cause, either typhoid, or the use of an overdose of a medicinal herb. However, other points of view are completely ability ' , Richard Stoneman, author of the work: ' Alexander the Great: The Life of a Legend ' stated.

(Source: Telegraph)