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A review by reaganwaggoner
The Life of Alexander the Great by Plutarch
3.0
It’s a classic, so it probably deserves more than three stars for preserving so much history, but three stars it it.
The translation is a bit confusing to me, but granted it’s been hundreds of years.
Alexander is confusing - he believed Greeks were superior, of course, and of his own status as the descendant of a god. Yet he was often plotted against for being too favorable toward the barbarians
His expansion baffles me... how could you ever love conquest enough to kill so many in the process?
The mass wedding is interesting, as well as the polygamy, religion, and strange deaths.
His father died suspiciously, as did he. I feel there is a lot we do not know. Regardless, his simultaneous cruelty and peace-extending behavior toward the Persians is fascinating.
The translation is a bit confusing to me, but granted it’s been hundreds of years.
Alexander is confusing - he believed Greeks were superior, of course, and of his own status as the descendant of a god. Yet he was often plotted against for being too favorable toward the barbarians
His expansion baffles me... how could you ever love conquest enough to kill so many in the process?
The mass wedding is interesting, as well as the polygamy, religion, and strange deaths.
His father died suspiciously, as did he. I feel there is a lot we do not know. Regardless, his simultaneous cruelty and peace-extending behavior toward the Persians is fascinating.