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A 5 page analysis of Peter Green's book Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography. This biography differs greatly from romanticized accounts of Alexander the Great's life and shows that although he was a brilliant general, he was also a flawed ruler who had an insatiable thirst for power and conquest. No additional sources cited.
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countless books, he has been portrayed as an ancient ruler that pursued a vision of a united world. Green, a Cambridge-trained classical scholar who teaches the classics at the University
of Texas at Austin, demonstrates that Alexander was a complex personality whose key role in life was that of general. He shows his readers how Alexander was a man capable
of instigating any expediency, which had the possibility of bringing his goals closer to fruition. This included such acts as patricide or the massacre of civilians. Greens account does an
excellent job of bringing the ancient world to life again for the reader. Within a few pages of beginning this book, for example, the reader knows that Alexanders father was
fond of wine, women, song, power and young boys. Also, Green shows that the kingdom of Macedonia, which is traditionally viewed by Westerners as backward and brutish because of the
Hellenistic view point, was the first genuinely united nation in that area of the world. Of course, the "barbaric" label does fit in some ways. For instance, Alexander, whose life
was saved by the brother of his nurse, later killed the man in a drunken quarrel. Another example of the barbarity of this time is that Alexanders army purified itself
before battle by marching between the two halves of a slaughtered dog. Green applies this same attention for detail in describing Alexander. He demonstrates that Alexander was basically a megalomaniac--a
ruthless murderer of civilian populations--a charismatic liar who bribed his troops--a political opportunist who was actually supremely indifferent to the idealism that was later ascribed to him by scholars. Admittedly,
sometimes Green draws his conclusions from circumstantial evidence; however, his arguments are most persuasive. For example, Philip II of Macedonia, Alexanders father,
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