Alexander The Great Came To Power In The 3rd Century B. C.

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Throughout history, man has been fascinated by the idea of immortality. Every religion, school of thought and philosophy has some affirmation or rejection of the possibility of living forever. Most ancient religions teach of some immortal man, a so-called “God on Earth” who could not be destroyed. When Alexander the Great came to power in the 3rd century B.C., many people thought he was more than simply a man- they thought he was immortal. Alexander was born in 356 B.C. in Macedonia. He was the son of King Philip and Queen Olympias. As he grew, Alexander was taught complex military strategy and leadership from his father. Olympias, a deeply religious woman, taught Alexander about the gods and initiated him into the Greek religion. Olympias claimed that Alexander was not the son of Philip, but of the Greek god Zeus; an idea that Alexander himself, and many of his subjects later came to believe. The great philosopher Aristotle tutored Alexander and instilled in him a love of nature, …show more content…
His method of spreading the Greek culture was to use patience and install a permanent presence of Greek soldiers in each area. Alexander would often meet with priest and philosophers from different cities and pray at local temples. After a few years in Asia, he adopted several customs of the Persian kings such as their different manner of dress and kissing the hands of royalty and superiors. Perhaps the ability to fluidly join any culture was one of the reasons people thought he was a god. Alexander also showed mercy to the defeated. When Darius III’s wife and children were taken as prisoners of war, he came to them personally and promised that they would be treated with kindness. His strategy to unite the continents was not to oppress the defeated, but to infuse local culture with Greek government, art, language and

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