Alexander was educated by the philosopher Aristotle. Philip was assassinated ... overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt became 'great king' of Persia at the age of 25. Over the next eight ...
During his father’s exceptional reign, Alexander had accrued ... Manolis Andronikos of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki had been investigating the Great Tumulus in Vergina for decades ...
Like Plato before him, who briefly taught Dionysis II of Sicily, Aristotle tutored Alexander the Great in the hope he could turn him into a philosopher-king. Neither succeeded. Aristotle died in ...