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    Alexander The Great: A Life From Beginning To End
    Alexander The Great: A Life From Beginning To End
    Alexander The Great: A Life From Beginning To End
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    Alexander The Great: A Life From Beginning To End

    By Henry Freeman

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    What does it mean to be great? There have been many that have come through the sands of time proclaiming their own greatness. We see it in the news every day; leaders, heroes, tyrants, and even reality star presidential candidates claim that they are great. But what about Alexander the Great?

    Inside you will read about...
    ✓ Alexander and the Happiness of Horses
    ✓ Aristotle and the First Day of School
    ✓ Philip's Family Drama
    ✓ Enemies and Friends
    ✓ The Real Battle Begins
    ✓ Changing Tides
    ✓ Signs and Wonders
    ✓ In Pursuit of Darius
    ✓ Historical Autopsy

    The young man from Macedonia that took the world by storm creating one of the world's first major empires? He singlehandedly changed the course of history within a decade. Read along with us to figure out just what made Alexander so great.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHourly History
    Release dateJun 20, 2016
    ISBN9781533750716
    Alexander The Great: A Life From Beginning To End

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    Alexander The Great - Henry Freeman

    Alexander the Great

    A Life from Beginning to End

    BY

    Henry Freeman

    Copyright © 2020.

    All rights reserved.

    Table of Contents

    Alexander and the Happiness of Horses

    Aristotle and the First Day of School

    Philip’s Family Drama

    Enemies and Friends

    The Real Battle Begins

    Changing Tides

    Signs and Wonders

    In Pursuit of Darius

    Historical Autopsy

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    Introduction

    Alexander and the Happiness of Horses

    Alexander, the son of the Macedonian King Philip II, was born in the year 356 BCE. The day that the King received word of Alexander’s birth was a happy one indeed: as the story goes, on the day that Alexander was born, Philip was away on a military campaign when three messengers bearing good tidings simultaneously burst in upon his tent one after the other.

    The first messenger told him the encouraging news that one of his generals had just managed to overthrow one of his worst enemies, the Illyrians. Shortly after this encouraging word, another messenger appeared and to the King’s great pleasure notified him that, of all things, his favorite horse back home had just won a race in the Olympic Games. And then finally a third messenger rushed up to King Philip’s tent to declare the birth of his son, Alexander.

    From an early age Alexander was a beloved child, but this didn’t mean that his parents were overprotective or especially doting. His father Philip made it clear from the beginning that he wanted his son to work hard and to achieve his right to his father’s throne through hardship and abstinence from luxury. Aiding Philip in his desire to harden his son was the wizened old veteran of his court, Leonidas, who drilled Alexander like a soldier from the first day he could walk.

    As early as two years old Alexander was instructed in the military arts of archery, swordplay, and horsemanship. And out of all of these martial practices, it was mounting a horse and tearing across the Macedonian countryside on a powerful steed that Alexander loved beyond anything else. It was this love of horses that would bring about one of the most powerful Alexandrian legends.

    When Alexander was only 12 years old, a famous horse breeder from Thessaly arrived at his father’s court wishing to sell his horses to the King. Being a man who loved a good thoroughbred just as much as his son, Philip jumped at the chance to acquire another good steed. Yet when the breeder introduced to them to his best horse, a beautiful black stallion called Bucephalas, its behavior left a lot to be desired despite the horse’s majestic appearance.

    Apparently the horse was a bit skittish and upon being approached it would rear up on its hind legs, neighing in fearful protest to anyone who attempted to ride him. Disgusted with the horse’s feckless behavior, the annoyed King ordered the horse to be sent away. Yet even though his father had given up on the cantankerous horse, the young Alexander had not; he pleaded

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