The Life Of Alexander The Great In 336 b.c. Philip of Macedonia was assassinated and his twenty-year-old son, Alexander, inherited his kingdom. Immediately quelling rebellion, Alexander extended his father's empire through-out the Middle East and into parts of Asia, fulfi lling the soothsayer Aristander's prediction that the new king "should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future ages labour and sweat to describe and celebrate him."
The Life of Alexander the Great is one of the fi rst surviving attempts to memorialize the achievements of this legendary king, remembered today as the greatest military genius of all time. This exclusive Modern Library edition, excerpted from Plutarch's Lives, is a riveting tale of honor, power, scandal, and bravery written by the most eminent biographer of the ancient world.
Details of The Life Of Alexander The Great Title: The Life Of Alexander The Great
Author: Plutarch, Arthur Hugh Clough, John Dryden
ISBN: 0812971337
ISBN-13: 9780812971330
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2004
Publisher: Modern Library
Number of Pages: 96
Language: English