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Alexander had certainly enjoyed an upbringing to match his grandiose ambitions. His tutor had been none other than the great philosopher Aristotle.
Aristotle taught him political theory, ethics, rhetoric, music, science, mathematics; but above all else, it was Homer's Iliad that entranced the young prince, the epic tale of Achilles' wrath.
When Alexander was still a boy, a horse trader presented a hot-blooded stallion to Philip's court.
It was a magnificent animal, its coat a shining black, with a white mark like a star upon its head.
None of the fine horsemen of Macedon could tame the beast — until, that is, the boy Alexander realized that the horse was afraid of its own shadow, and turned it towards the sun.
Alexander named the steed Bucephalus, and from that day forth the two were bonded like brothers.
Now, sat proudly astride his mount, Alexander accompanied his victorious father on the road home to Macedon, through the rocky territory of the Triballi.
It was to prove an eventful journey…