Macedon
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Plutarch on the Battle on the Granicus
In the last days of May or the first days of June 334, Alexander's army clashed with a Persian army on the boards of the river Granicus. The Persian king Darius III was not present; the Macedonians and Greeks had…Plutarch on the beginning of Alexander's reign
Alexander the Great (*356; r. 336-323): the Macedonian king who defeated his Persian colleague Darius III Codomannus and conquered the Achaemenid Empire. During his campaigns, Alexander visited a.o. Egypt, Babylonia, Persis, Media, Bactria, the Punjab, and the valley of the…Plutarch on the birth of Alexander
Although Alexander the Great was the son of king Philip of Macedonia and queen Olympias, he claimed to be the son of a god. As a consequence, stories about his miraculous procreation were needed. In section 2-3 of his Life…Plutarch on the foundation of Alexandria
On 7 April 334, Alexander founded Alexandria, the Egyptian city that has correctly been hailed as "the most lasting of all his achievements". The Greek author Plutarch of Chaeronea, describes the event in section 26.3-10 of his Life of Alexander. The…Plutarch on the Gordian Knot
Alexander the Great (*356; r. 336-323): the Macedonian king who defeated his Persian colleague Darius III Codomannus and conquered the Achaemenid Empire. During his campaigns, Alexander visited a.o. Egypt, Babylonia, Persis, Media, Bactria, the Punjab, and the valley of the…Plutarch on the Persian envoys
There were many stories invented about Alexander's youth, in which he was supposed already to have shown signs of his future greatness. In section 5 of his Life of Alexander, the Greek author Plutarch of Chaeronea tells several anecdotes, like…Polyaenus on Alexander's tent
The Greek-Roman author Polyaenus was a younger contemporary of Arrian of Nicomedia, and published a book on the Stratagems of war that was to be used by the Roman emperor Lucius Verus. In this book, he also dealt with the…Polyperchon
Polyperchon (394-c.303): Macedonian officer, regent for king Philip Arridaeus and Alexander, the son of Alexander the Great.Polyperchon was born as the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Simmias in the district of Tymphaea, the valley of the Upper Haliacmon. This…
Pompeii, House of the Faun, Alexander Mosaic |
Pompeii, House of the Faun, Alexander Mosaic, detail: Alexander himself |
Pompeii, House of the Faun, Alexander Mosaic, detail: Oxyathres |
Praeneste, Portrait of Alexander the Great |