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alexander the great
And His Time
Agnes Savill
Introduction by Thomas N. Beck
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introduction
Alexander
the Great. The very name conjures up
images of the invincible conqueror in battle, arrows
arcing across the sky, chariots thundering over the
desert, swords clanging against shields, and the hand-
some hero standing tall amidst the fray, slaying ene-
mies by the score, and inspiring his men to triumph.
Yet how much of this romantic notion is true, how
much is myth, and what does it really matter to us
anyway?
Agnes Forbes Blackadder Savill, in her study of
Alexander’s life (which was essentially one long cam-
paign from Greece to India and part of the way
back), argues that almost all of it is true despite its
having passed into myth since the great man’s death.
She also argues that it matters quite a bit to us — now
more than ever, in fact. Considering the evil that one
man could do, Savill wanted to show its polar oppo-
site, to demonstrate that one man could change the
world for the better; indeed, that one man in particu-
lar had. As she wrote, “We have seen in modern
Europe how the people have been led astray by false
iv

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