Plutarch

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Plutarchs Alexander Never Alexander the
Great Never Alexander the Greek Rarely The
King Always addressed as Alexander Kind
Generous-Brave- Handsome kalo\j
ka)gaqo/j (kalos kai agathos) sofo/j Motivated
by vengeance and timh/ not by greed. Without long
term goals Without empire Muderer of his philoi
and and hetairoi Most comparable to Homers
Achilles and ?
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Plutarchs Alexander Cast of Characters Fathers
Mothers Slaves Sisters Wives hetairoi hetarai ph
iloi sophistai logographoi sykophantai poietai
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• Toward understanding Alexander
• The most significant victor in the history of the
  Ancient Mediterranean.
• Responsible for the dissolution into anarchy of
  one of the more important and tolerant political
  systems in the Ancient Near-East.
• The catalyst for the largest migration of Greek
  speaking males before the twentieth century.
• Responsible for the most important release of
  coinable bullion in the history of the Ancient
  World.
• Deliberately failed to design a coherent
  political system.
• Deliberately refused to designate a credible
  successor.