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PHILIP’S PALACE IN MACEDONIA. THE YOUNG ALEXANDER (RECONSTRUCTED). ALEXANDER AND BUCEPHALUS. THE SCHOOL WHERE FOR THREE YEARS ARISTOTLE TUTORED ALEXANDER. ARISTOTLE AND A MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENT WITH THE WORDS “PHILOSOPHOS” AND “EPITOME”. MACEDONIAN MOSAIC OF LION HUNT.
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ARISTOTLE AND A MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENT WITH THE WORDS “PHILOSOPHOS” AND “EPITOME”
ASSASSINATION OF PHILIP 336 B.C.ADVANCE FORCE OF 10,000ALREADY ACROSS HELLESPONT
ALEXANDER IS SAID TO BE DESCENDED FROM ACHILLES, THE YOUNG HERO OF HOMER’S ILIAD. ON THE JOURNEY ALEXANDER SLEEPS WITH THE ILIAD AND A DAGGER BENEATH HIS PILLOW.
IN ASIA, IN A GESTURE OF SYMBOLIC IDENTIFICATION, ALEXANDER STOPS FIRST WHERE THE GREEKS IN THE ILIAD DESTROYED TROY. ALEXANDER’S IS THE ARMY OF HOMER’S GREEK HEROES REBORN.
PERSIAN CAVALRY IN DEFENSIVE FORMATION, PERSIAN INFANTRY AND THE MACEDONIAN PHALANX
ALEXANDER VS. DARIUS III AT THE BATTLE OF THE ISSUS 333 B.C.