Anaxarchus of Abdera (Anaxarchos, Anaxarkhos), fl. 4th century BC. Ancient Greek philosopher, a follower of Democritus who accompanied Alexander the Great. Diogenes Laertius says that Pyrrho the Skeptic was his student. He is remembered for little except his absolutist political pronouncement that "kings, like gods, can do no wrong."
Passage from a Hellenistic chronicler's account of Alexander the Great, concerning the controversy between Callisthenes and Anaxarchus on the matter of whether Alexander should be worshipped as a god. duke.usask.ca/~niallm/252/Arrian.htm
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