He loved Hephæstion, and respected Kraterus above all the rest of his friends, and was wont to say that Hephæstion loved Alexander, but that Kraterus loved the king.
Once again too he quarrelled with Hephæstion about some present to which each laid claim.
However when the oracular responses of the gods about Hephæstion were reported to him, he laid aside his grief somewhat, and again indulged in feasts and drinking bouts.
When Hephæstion was absent on some business, he wrote to him to say that Kraterus had been struck in the thighs with Perdikkas's spear, while they were amusing themselves by baiting an ichneumon.
At first Alexander agreed with him, and blamed Hephæstion for his conduct.
But before setting out, he resolved to celebrate the funeral obsequies of Hephæstion with unprecedented splendor.
As soon as the excitement connected with the funeral obsequies of Hephæstion were over, Alexander's mind relapsed again into a state of gloomy melancholy.
Alexander left the wise and experienced Parmenio to manage the camp, while he took the young and handsome Hephæstion to accompany him on his visit to the captive queens.
His friend Hephæstion was with him, sharing with him every where in all the vicious indulgences to which he had become so prone.
Hephæstion was his confidant, his associate, his personal friend.
Alexander himself and his friend Hephæstion had the two daughters of Darius, and the other ladies were daughters of satraps.
Both were plainly dressed, and Hephæstion was the taller, so that the old queen took him for the king, and threw herself at his feet.
The feasting for the weddings went on for many days, and the revelry was carried to such a shameful excess, that Hephæstion actually drank himself to death.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stion" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
