International audienceThe poet who writed the second epitaph in honour of Tauron said the dog died Ἰνδὸν ὡς νόμος. Non doubt he refered to the Indian dogs Alexander was given by the king Sopeithês. In a fragment of Ennius’ Saturae, there is an obscure allusion to sheep that eat fish. These must be the ones the Ichthyophagi breeded – Nearchos could see them while going back in Babylonia. If these conclusions are not rejected, we get some more evidence that the books that Alexander’s friends wrote were widely read, which explains why India became so famous among Greek and Roman people.Dans la deuxième épitaphe en l'honneur de Tauron, le poète dit que le chien est mort Ἰνδὸν ὡς νόμος. Il s'agit sans aucun doute d'une allusion aux chiens indi...