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1.2 Education. 2 Heir of Philip II. ... 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. ...
Life of Alexander (see Parallel Lives) and two orations On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander the Great (see Moralia), by the Greek historian and biographer Plutarch of Chaeronea in the second century, based largely on Aristobulus and especially Cleitarchus. Plutarch devotes a great deal of space to Alexander's drive and desire and strives ...
Leonidas of Epirus (Greek: Λεωνίδας ο Ηπειρώτης) or Leuconides (Greek: Λευκονίδης), was a tutor of Alexander the Great. A kinsman of Alexander's mother, Olympias, he was entrusted with the main superintendence of Alexander's education in his earlier years, apparently before he became a student of Aristotle.
Alexander the Great was allegedly a great admirer of both theatre and music. [292] He was especially fond of the plays by Classical Athenian tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, whose works formed part of a proper Greek education for his new eastern subjects alongside studies in the Greek language, including the epics of Homer. [293]
Alexander The Great in the French museum Le Louvre Archived 17 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine; Alexander, The Great Mystery by T. Peter Limber in "Saudi Aramco Magazine" Trace Alexander's conquests on an animated map; Alexander the Great of Macedon, a project by John J. Popovic; Alexander in the Punjab.
The tomb of Alexander the Great is attested in several historical accounts, but its current exact location remains an enduring mystery. Following Alexander's death in Babylon , his body was initially buried in Memphis by one of his generals, Ptolemy I Soter , before being transferred to Alexandria , where it was reburied. [ 1 ]
Alexander the Great And King Poros – Opera From Antonio Cesti Burnacini – 1750 Despite the apparently one-sided results, Alexander was impressed by Porus and chose not to depose him. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] His territory was not only restored, but also expanded, with Alexander's forces annexing the territories of Glausaes , who ruled to the northeast ...
Alexander Magnus Arabicus: A Survey of the Alexander Tradition Through Seven Centuries: From Pseudo-Callisthenes to Suri, Peeters 2010. Manteghi, Haila. Alexander the Great in the Persian Tradition: History, Myth and Legend in Medieval Iran, I.B. Tauris 2018. Moore, Kenneth. Brill's Companion to the Reception of Alexander the Great, Brill 2018.