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I'm going to posit that 92% of what we think we know about Alexander the Great is wrong, not just his death.
by the_reformation 7y ago
I'm going to posit that 92% of what we think we know about Alexander the Great is wrong, not just his death.
- nkozyra 7y agoBased on what, though? There are historical figures whose lives are greatly documented and cross documented by others from disparate places. We know a great deal about Socrates, Plato and Aristotle this way, why not Alexander?
- goto11 7y agoBecause of the lack of contemporary sources. We know a lot about Plato and Aristotle because their writings are preserved. For Socrates we have several independent contemporary accounts. This is just not the case for Alexander. The sources we have are hundreds of years removed. Presumably they are are based on now-lost contemporary accounts, but who knows how much is embellishments.