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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.
Lysimachus of Acarnania (Greek: Λυσίμαχος, Lysimachos) was one of the tutors of Alexander the Great.Though a man of very slender accomplishments, he ingratiated himself with the royal family by calling himself Phoenix, and Alexander Achilles, and Philip Peleus; and by this sort of flattery, according to Plutarch, he obtained the second place among the young prince's tutors.
Alexander's sexuality has been the subject of speculation and controversy in modern times. [248] The Roman era writer Athenaeus says, based on the scholar Dicaearchus, who was Alexander's contemporary, that the king "was quite excessively keen on boys", and that Alexander kissed the eunuch Bagoas in public. [249]
During Alexander's Persian campaigns, in 328 BC he was one of his immediate bodyguards. [11] In 324 BC, in Susa , he was awarded a ceremonial crown in recognition of his actions in India . [ 12 ] After Alexander's death in 323 BC, he was appointed to the government of Thrace as strategos [ 13 ] although he faced some difficulties from the ...
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Alexander was the second born son of Alexander and Glaphyra. [1] His oldest brother was called Tigranes [2] and had a younger unnamed sister. [3] His father Alexander was a Judean prince, of Jewish, Nabataean and Edomite descent and was a son of the King of Judea, Herod the Great and his wife Mariamne.
The House of York descended in the male line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, the fourth surviving son of Edward III. In time, it also represented Edward III's senior line, when an heir of York married the heiress-descendant of Lionel, Duke of Clarence , Edward III's second surviving son.
Alexander: is a victorious king, conqueror of India is a young man in his father's court The young woman is just called "the Indian" is Phyllis, of noble birth, in the queen's entourage Situation: Alexander is lectured by Aristotle for neglecting his duty as head of state and the army