Alexander_The_Great

Alexander The Great Alexander The Great What made Alexander III so great' I have been interested in Alexander III since I learned of him in the fourth grade. Alexander was a great military and political genius who should not be forgotten. Many of his actions have affected us today. That may be hard to believe since he lived some 2330 years ago. Alexander III was the son of Philip II, king of Macedonia. Alexander was brought up as the crown prince. From the beginning, he was destined to be a great king. His teacher was none other than, Aristotle. Under Aristotle’s tutelage, Alexander acquired a great love for Homer. He was truly a student of the heroic age. Alexander’s mother name was Olympias and Philip II divorced her for a younger princess. The divorce estranged Alexander and his father. Their relationship became so bad, that Alexander fled. Alexander was allowed to return but he remained isolated and insecure until Philip’s mysterious assassination around June 336 BC. Some historians believe that Alexander played a role in alexander, bc, great, army, king, greek, darius, alexander’s, after, marched, himself, greeks, egypt, defeated, years, while, son, persia, nobles, military, met, major, macedonian, iii, empire, world, war, under, took, support, since, return, proclaimed, philip, later