Alexander the Great Essay 25
Alexander the Great
"There is nothing impossible to him who will try". Alexander the Great. In this paper I am going to tell you about the birth triumphs and death of Alexander the Great.
I will start with the birth of Alexander.
Alexander the Great was born in 356 BC. The month he was born in is not for sure however most agree it was July. His mother 's name was Olympias. Olympias was an orphan of a former king. Olympias was a very beautiful very intelligent woman with a very hot temper. His father and Philip the king of Macedonia was known as a very callous cutthroat type of person. Olympias and Phillip fought tremendously throughout Alexander 's whole childhood. Given these personality 's it is obvious why they were constantly fighting. Even as a young boy Alexander was courageous and adventurous. When he was just 12 years old he broke a horse that no one else had been able to break Bucephalus. Alexander realized that the horse was afraid of his own shadow and when he turned him away from the sun so that he could not see it he was able to ride him. Alexander 's favorite study was something called the Iliad which was a Greek poem by Homer and he knew it by heart, and always slept with a copy of the Iliad under his pillow. His first teacher was Leonidas. He was a relative of Olympias. Leonidas had a terrible time taming him since he was such a wild spirited boy. However, his teacher taught Alexander about Spartan life and made him into a very militant person. Next he was taught by Lysimachus, he mostly taught Alexander about art. Lastly at age 13 Aristotle took over his studies. This lasted until he was 16 at that time he was so smart that he ruled the Macedon Empire while his father was at war with Byzantium. Now we will talk about his life.
His first line of business was with the Maedi,
"There is nothing impossible to him who will try". Alexander the Great. In this paper I am going to tell you about the birth triumphs and death of Alexander the Great.
I will start with the birth of Alexander.
Alexander the Great was born in 356 BC. The month he was born in is not for sure however most agree it was July. His mother 's name was Olympias. Olympias was an orphan of a former king. Olympias was a very beautiful very intelligent woman with a very hot temper. His father and Philip the king of Macedonia was known as a very callous cutthroat type of person. Olympias and Phillip fought tremendously throughout Alexander 's whole childhood. Given these personality 's it is obvious why they were constantly fighting. Even as a young boy Alexander was courageous and adventurous. When he was just 12 years old he broke a horse that no one else had been able to break Bucephalus. Alexander realized that the horse was afraid of his own shadow and when he turned him away from the sun so that he could not see it he was able to ride him. Alexander 's favorite study was something called the Iliad which was a Greek poem by Homer and he knew it by heart, and always slept with a copy of the Iliad under his pillow. His first teacher was Leonidas. He was a relative of Olympias. Leonidas had a terrible time taming him since he was such a wild spirited boy. However, his teacher taught Alexander about Spartan life and made him into a very militant person. Next he was taught by Lysimachus, he mostly taught Alexander about art. Lastly at age 13 Aristotle took over his studies. This lasted until he was 16 at that time he was so smart that he ruled the Macedon Empire while his father was at war with Byzantium. Now we will talk about his life.
His first line of business was with the Maedi,
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