Monday, August 9, 2010

I sometimes spell a lot of things wrong, and spellcheck doesn't always find them. Can you look

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Ps. I know its a bad report, but hey, I'm not so brilliant @ writing things llike this.



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An introduction to Alexander the Great: 鈥淔rom victory to victory, from triumph to triumph鈥? Alexander the great, (In Greek: 螠苇纬伪蟼 位苇尉伪谓未蟻慰蟼) a famous Macedonian ruler who, in his time, was a great conqueror. He is one of the most famous rulers in the world ever recorded. He conquered many places, and ruled with intelligence and 鈥渨ith an iron fist鈥?



Where he came from: Alexander the Great was born in Pella, Macedonia, on the day June 20th, in the year 356 BCE. His father was Philip II of Macedonia and of his fourth wife, Olympias, was his mother. It is said that when Alexander went to see the oracle later in life, the oracle said that his father was the god Zeus Ammon, and he was the son of a god. Alexander believed it, because it is said to have happened that Phillip would not sleep in the same room as Olympias, because she slept with snakes in her room.



Growing up, as a child: As a boy when he was growing up, he studied literature with his tutor, Aristotle who also interested him in science, medicine, and philosophy. Aristotle told him stories of the Western lands that never ended are partly what encouraged him to become a conqueror. Aristotle also gave him a copy of the Illiad, which Alexander kept with him, and read a lot.



Alexander, when he was around a teenager, sometimes was left a regent for periods of time, when his father, Phillip, was leading on attacks or wars, and couldn鈥檛 be there, because Alexander was his son. One example is when, in 340 BCE, Phillip was leading an attack on Byzantium, Alexander, when he was 16 years old, was regent, for a while.

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