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Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
Olympias is a character in The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great (2005), by Steven Pressfield, told in the first person by Alexander. Olympias is the subject of Judith Tarr's 2008 novel Bring Down the Sun (Alexander the Great #2). Olympias appears in the fictional biography of Alexander God of War (2012) by Christian Cameron.
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 ...
Photos show the iconic 2,300-year-old structure after a yearslong restoration process. ... The Palace of Aigai was built by Alexander the Great’s father, Phillip II, and completed in 336 B.C ...
Adventure Story is a 1949, play by the English dramatist Terence Rattigan. [2] The play tells the story of Alexander the Great and his conquests. [3]In this play Rattigan portrays the historical Alexander faithfully, at the same time revealing that his life was what it was because he was the kind of person who very well might have wept because nothing remained to conquer.
The song describes Alexander's life. 1998 "Alexandre" Caetano Veloso: Brazilian epic song about Alexander the Great from the album Livro. 2000 "Alexander the Great" bond: String quartet release on the album Born. 2005 "Alexander the Great" Iron Mask: Song about Alexander the Great from the album Hordes of the Brave by Belgian band Iron Mask. 2009
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 ...
The Histories of Alexander the Great (Latin: Historiae Alexandri Magni) is the only surviving extant Latin biography of Alexander the Great.It was written by the Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus [1] in the 1st-century AD, but the earliest surviving manuscript comes from the 9th century.