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Olympias was portrayed by French actress Danielle Darrieux in the 1956 film Alexander the Great, a historical epic which starred Richard Burton as Alexander and Fredric March as his father. Olympias appears in Maurice Druon's 1960 novel Alexander the God. Olympias is a character in The Young Alexander the Great (1960) by Naomi Mitchison.
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.
While Alexander worried that his father would leave him "no great or brilliant achievement to be displayed to the world", [222] he also downplayed his father's achievements to his companions. [221] Alexander's mother Olympia similarly had huge ambitions, and encouraged her son to believe it was his destiny to conquer the Persian Empire. [221]
Paris (Ancient Greek: Πάρις, romanized: Páris), also known as Alexander (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Aléxandros), is a mythological figure in the story of the Trojan War. He appears in numerous Greek legends and works of Ancient Greek literature such as the Iliad .
Antipater (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ p ə t ər /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπατρος, romanized: Antipatros, lit. 'like the father'; c. 400 BC [3] – 319 BC) was a Macedonian general, regent and statesman under the successive kingships of Philip II of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great.
The Palace of Aigai was built by Alexander the Great’s father, Phillip II, and completed in 336 B.C., officials said. Alexander was proclaimed king of Macedonia in the monumental complex that ...
In Al-Andalus, for instance, an Arabic translation of the Syriac Alexander Legend appeared, entitled Qissat Dhulqarnayn. This work explores Dhu al-Qarnayn's life – his upbringing, journeys, and eventual death. The text identifies Dhu al-Qarnayn with Alexander the Great and portrays him as the first person to complete the Hajj pilgrimage. [71]
Human Lie Detector Says Prince William Has These ‘Same Character Traits’ as Dad King Charles. Nakeisha Campbell. October 5, 2024 at 12:10 AM ... Looks like Prince William is already shaping up ...