Legend-Alexander The Great
-Family members: 3 wife. 2 son
-Horse: Bucephalus
-He was born in Pella in 356 BC.
-Alexander died in Babylon in 323 BC.
-he created one of the largest empires of the ancient world by the age of thirty
-He was undefeated in battle.
-He endeavoured to reach the ‘ends of the worlds and the Great Outer Se.’
-He is widely considered one of history's most successful military commanders.
-He endeavored to reach the "ends of the world and the Great Outer Sea" .
-Alexander's legacy includes the cultural diffusion and syncretism which his conquests engendered.
He founded some twenty cities that bore his name, most notably Alexandria in Egypt.
-Alexander developed a passion for the works of Homer, and in particular the Iliad.
-Alexander was erudite and patronized both arts and sciences. However, he had little interest in sports or the Olympic games (unlike his father), seeking only the Homeric ideals of honour (timê) and glory (kudos).
-He wears Persian’s cloth after he conquer Persia.
-He washes his hair with saffron
Myth-Ares
-Zeus’s son
-Ares was depicted as a strong and agile god
-One of the twelve Olympians
-Goddess of intelligence
-He is the Greek god of war, the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent and untamed aspect of war.
-The Greeks were ambivalent toward Ares: although he embodied the physical valor necessary for success in war, he was a dangerous force.
-Although Ares received occasional sacrifice from armies going to war, the god had a formal temple and cult at only a few sites.
-Accounts tell of Cycnus of Macedonia, a son of Ares.
-In Renaissance and Neoclassical works of art, Ares's symbols are a spear and helmet, his animal is a dog, and his bird is the vulture. In literary works of these eras, Ares is replaced by the Roman Mars, a romantic emblem of manly valor rather than the cruel and blood-thirsty god of Greek mythology.
