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Soldier, Priest, and God : A Life of Alexander the Great by F. S. Naiden is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Soldier, Priest, and God : A Life of Alexander the Great about?
Whatever we may think of Alexander--whether Great or only lucky, a civilizer or a sociopath--most people do not regard him as a religious leader. And yet religion permeated all aspects of his career. When he used religion astutely, he and his army prospered. In Egypt, he performed the ceremonies needed to be pharaoh, and thus became a god as well as a priest. Babylon surrendered to him partly because he agreed to become a sacred king. When Alexander disregarded religion, he and his army suffered
Who reads Soldier, Priest, and God : A Life of Alexander the Great?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- F. S. Naiden
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780190875343
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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