Alexander the Great in His WorldISBN: 978-0-631-23246-9
Paperback
304 pages
November 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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The book begins with an exploration of the Macedonia that
conditioned the lives of its inhabitants. It also traces such
influences on Alexander’s life as his royal Argead ancestry,
his father, Philip II, and his mother, Olympias. The author
examines Alexander’s engagement with Greek culture,
especially his relationship with Aristotle, and contemplates how
other societal factors – especially the highly militarized
Macedonian kingdom and the nature of Macedonia’s relationship
with neighboring states – contributed to his
achievement.
What was the significance of these influences on the man who succeeded in conquering most of the known world from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River? The author focuses on this question in exploring ancient landscapes and resurrecting key figures from antiquity in order to penetrate the motivation, goals, and inner being of Alexander the Great.