Growing up Alexander learned how to read, write fight and hunt which was a common thing for sons and noble births in that time period. He was very fearless as a child, and at the age of twelve he had tamed a wild stallion horse that had later on became one of his favorite horse. Also Aristotle who was a brilliant philosopher asked king Philip if he could teach Alexander and proffer the temple of Nymphs at Mieza. Aristotle taught the children of macedonian nobles and alexander in subjects like philosophy, medicine, religion, morals and art. Mieza is still up to this day and you can actually go visit it.
Philip ll Alexander's father, was the king of macedonia and he put together a superior army and crushed all of his enemies. Other then his political leadership, and the once unruly greek city-states arranged into a confederation. He …show more content…
Growing up he learned how to read write fight and hunt which was a common thing for sons and noble births in that time period. Philip ll Alexander's father, was the king of macedonia and he put together a superior army and crushed all of his enemies.His mother opympas at births name was mrytle, was the daughter of Neoptolemus 1 of Empires. Alexander's mother gets executed in 316 BC. Alexander the great dealt as as king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 b.c all along his time of leadership he unified Greece, resumed the corinthian league and beat the persian