Describes the traits of alexander the great as decribed by the ancient authors, plutarch, arrian, and pliny
Date Submitted: 05/09/2002 04:47:54
Category: / History / Middle East History
Length: 5 pages (1381 words)
Category: / History / Middle East History
Length: 5 pages (1381 words)
In the Exploring the European Past on Alexander the Great, the authors Plutarch, Arrian, and Pliny speak highly of him and consider him praise worthy. Each author shows admiration and honor to Alexander by describing his worthy traits. Plutarch tells of a story, set in Alexander's younger years, of how he showed bravery, confidence, and patience through challenging his father and an untamed horse. Arrian writes of a story of Alexander during his war campaign …
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…twisted and bent to make the Michigan fan sound uncivilized. A Persian would do the same to a story heard about Alexander the Great. Alexander was an enemy to the Persians and no matter what he said or did, he would have remained an enemy. A Persian would look these events and accomplishments and over see the man of bravery, confidence, patience, endurance, self control, management, ambitiousness, diligence, and intelligence that Alexander the Great was.
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