Review of Alexander of Macedon, 356–323 B.C by Peter Green

Man, conqueror, then God

Alexander the Great provokes interpretations that tell as much about the interpreter as about the man himself. Was he an incipient humanist, spreading the values of Hellenistic culture? Was he a cynical totalitarian autocrat, using propaganda and words when it suited him? While admittedly a military genius, was he a megalomaniac who became progressively…