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  • Alexander of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, is without question one of the most famous and influential people in the history of the world.
  • Here is one of the great biographies of Alexander, in its original form, brought fully up to date with findings of modern research and criticism.
  • In this succinct portrait of Alexander the Great, distinguished scholar and historian Norman Cantor illuminates the personal life and military conquests of this most legendary of men.

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    Alexander the Great: Impressions of the Community and
    2011 Zoullas Lecture
    by Catherine Tsounis

    “There is and will be only one Alexander the Great in history,” said my late father, George, a WWII decorated POW. The handsome figure of a blonde, blue eyed youth on a black horse has mesmerized school age children for generations. Alexander the Great of Macedon spoke only Greek. He made the world of his time learn Greek so they could communicate with him.

    The average American is still amazed by his achievement about 2300 years ago. A young woman visiting a Meterora monastery in Central Greece was literally shocked to see an image of Alexander the Great with a Christian saint. A fresco of the Christian Ascetic St. Sisois gazing upon the skeleton of Alexander the Great is in the monastery of Varlaam. The viewer is given the impression that power of the Great is temporary. We all end in the same gr

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    Alexander the Great





    (356-323 B.C.)


    Alexander the Great, Son of Philip of Macedon and Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemus of Epirus, was born at Pella, 356 B.C. His mind was formed chiefly bygd Aristotle, who instructed him in every branch of human learning, especially in the art of government. Alexander was sixteen years of age when his father marched against Byzantium, and left the government in his hands during his absence. Two years afterward, he displayed singular courage at the battle of Charonea (338 B.C.), where he overthrew the Sacred Band of the Thebans. "My son," said Philip, as he embraced him after the conflict, "seek for thyself another kingdom, for that which I leave is too small for thee." The father and son quarrelled, however, when the former divorced Olympias. Alexander took part with his mother, and fled to Epirus, to escape his father's vengeance; but receiving his pardon soon afterward, he returned, and accompanied him in an expedition against the Triballi

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    Alexander the Great: The Ancient Boy Wonder

    Frank L. Holt, in the Chronicle of Higher Ed (12-3-04) (subscribers only):

    [Frank L. skogsdunge is a professor of history at the University of Houston and author of Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions (University of California Press, 2003).]

    This year fortune favors the old. The earliest war in Western civilization came roaring back in a Greek revival that pitched Brad Pitt into Bronze Age Troy. From another Greek text, Mel Gibson pulled a grisly portrayal of the Passion so disturbing that many watched with one eye closed, not to mention their minds. The Olympic Games returned to Greece for the first time in more than a century, and just the second time since the dying days of the Roman Empire. And who could miss the ubiquitous Alexander, whose history has become the holy grail of Hollywood's A-list directors? Oliver Stone's spelfilm, starring Colin Farrell in the title role, has just hit theaters ahead of the compet