The Life of Alexander the Great (Modern Library Classics)

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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 fatherx2019;s empire through-out the Middle East and into parts of Asia, fulxFB01;lling the soothsayer Aristanderx2019;s prediction that the new king x201C;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.x201D; The Life of Alexander the Great is one of the xFB01;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 Plutarchx2019;s Lives, is a riveting tale of honor, power, scandal, and bravery written by the most eminent biographer of the ancient world.

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About the IntroducerVICTOR DAVIS HANSON has written extensively on both ancient Greek and military history; his ?fteen books include The Western Way of War and Between War and Peace. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a professor of classics at California State University, Fresno.