Describes the traits of alexander the great as decribed by the ancient authors, plutarch, arrian, and pliny

Title: Describes the traits of alexander the great as decribed by the ancient authors, plutarch, arrian, and pliny
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Describes the traits of alexander the great as decribed by the ancient authors, plutarch, arrian, and pliny
In the Exploring the European Past on Alexander the Great, the authors Plutarch, Arrian, and Pliny speak highly of him and consider him praise worthy. Each author shows admiration and honor to Alexander by describing his worthy traits. Plutarch tells of a story, set in Alexander's younger years, of how he showed bravery, confidence, and patience through challenging his father and an untamed horse. Arrian writes of a story of Alexander during his war campaign …showed first 75 words of 1381 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1381 total…twisted and bent to make the Michigan fan sound uncivilized. A Persian would do the same to a story heard about Alexander the Great. Alexander was an enemy to the Persians and no matter what he said or did, he would have remained an enemy. A Persian would look these events and accomplishments and over see the man of bravery, confidence, patience, endurance, self control, management, ambitiousness, diligence, and intelligence that Alexander the Great was.

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