In Nicholas Hammond's Sources for Alexander the Great: An Analysis of Plutarch's 'Life' and Arrian's 'Anabasis Alexandrou', he writes that Plutarch, a Greek writer, historian and philosopher, got the 6th of the Attic month Hecatombaeon 356 B.C from a Timaeus, a contemporary writer also born in 356 B.C. Plutarch says Alexander was born on the same day the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus (near Izmir in modern Turkey) was destroyed by fire. However, it is possible the date was altered to align with this event.
Robin Lane Fox lists 3 specific datings:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar and philosopher, shares Plutarch's story about the Temple of Artemis and Timaeus is once again cited as the origin, which is consistent with the 6th of Hecatombaeon. Hammond says, and clearly there seems to be, general agreement for the later half of July, so the 20th is a good guess.
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