ALEXANDER THE GREAT!!! THE TRUTH AND THE FILTHY LIES!!!
A SUMMARY OF TRUTH CONCERNING THE GREAT ALEXANDER, INSPIRED BY EMMANOUELA SCHOINOPLOKAKI: “THE TRUTH ABOUT THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE GREAT ALEXANDER (AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH!)” The Great Alexander, the greatest general of antiquity, was born on 20/21 July 356 B.C. in Pella. His parents were King Philip II of Macedonia and Princess Olympias of Epirus. He was instructed by the foremost philosopher Aristotle, who instilled in him a love for Greek education, science, and Homer. He ascended the throne of Macedonia in 336 B.C., at the age of twenty, following the assassination of his father. In 334 B.C. he crossed the Hellespont and embarked upon his great campaign. He achieved historic victories at the Granicus, at Issus, and at Gaugamela, overthrowing the Mythical Persian Empire. The Great Alexander was proclaimed Pharaoh of Egypt in 332 B.C. at Memphis, where he was received as a liberator from the Persian yoke. The title of Pharaoh represented divine authority and secured a...