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<!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Examination of Plutarch’s usages, especially in the biography of Alexander, shows that he qualifies some matters as “reported” (</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">λέγεται</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">, “is said...”) not in order to cast doubt on the information but to assure the reader that he found it in his sources.</span><!--EndFragment-->