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As her fans know, Siggie looks up to the Greats, the Terribles and even the Impalers of the past. She hopes to learn what it takes to someday make the history books herself! Episode 1 features Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), King of Macedonia, conqueror of one of the largest empires in history, and the boyhood hero of many future rulers, including Julius Caesar.

Siggie: “Alexander the Great… He was a king of the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon. He was also known as Alexander III of Macedon. He was a mere 20 years old when he ascended the throne. Now why was he so young?
Because his daddy Philip was murdered and he was 20 and he took over. He reigned from 336 to 323 BC.

Now what made this dude so great? By the age of 30, he
had one of the largest Empires ever. It covered Greece to Northwestern India. He never lost a battle despite being
outnumbered. Anyway, here’s a little bit of trivia… The famous Greek philosopher, Aristotle, tutored Alexander until the age of 16. It was under Aristotle’s tutelage
that Alexander absolutely fell in love with the works of Homer, namely The Iliad, and he could quote Euripides from memory.

Alexander founded more than 20 cities, the most famous being the city of Alexandria in Egypt. He is famous for his
undoing of the Guardian knot. The Cutting of the Guardian knot is an ancient Greek legend that involves a complicated knot that tied an ox cart. Whoever could untie the knot would be destined to rule all of Asia. Alexander in 333 BC was challenged to untie it, and instead of actually going through you know all the
steps of trying to untie this thing, he just took his sword and he chopped it. A direct rule bending, simple solution and an absolute stroke of genius.

One of the not so great moments in Alexander’s life
was when he killed a man who had actually saved his life. Cleitus the Black was killed by Alexander during a drunken
brawl after Cleitus accused Alexander of forgetting the Macedonian ways and instead engaging in a corrupt Oriental lifestyle. So, here’s what I have to say. Oh Alexander the Great… Everybody wants to be him. Well, he killed someone who actually saved his life. Doesn’t that
kind of detract a little bit from the greatness? Think about it. There were a couple of plots against Alexander’s life,
not surprisingly if he pulled stunts like that. This would strongly suggest that not everyone thought he was great. His own royal servants were part of one of the plots. When asked who would be his designated successor should he die, Alexander said, “To the strongest one.” Yeah he was just a little bit high on himself, just a little bit.

He ended up dying in Babylon at the age of 32. There
are two accounts of Alexander’s death: One, he developed a fever that got so bad he was unable to speak, and two, he drank a large bowl of unmixed wine this was followed by 11 days of weakness and he had terrible pain. It has been proposed that he was poisoned. Again, Alexander the Great, but people are trying to kill him. They’re trying to possibly poison him. He may have died from a disease like malaria or typhoid fever. His, uh, his own health may have also been on the decline after many years of heavy
drinking and also serious wounds.

He reputedly had a pleasant odor which is consistent with the belief in ancientGreece that pleasant um odors indicate gods and heroes. Another little bit of uh
irrelevant nonsensical who really cares trivia is he may have had one blue eye and one brown eye. His military drive supposedly stemmed from his need to
outdo his daddy, Phillip. He was also influenced by his mother Olympia, who encouraged him to believe that it was his fate, it was his destiny, to conquer the Persian Empire. You know, here’s the thing… If somebody’s telling you that you’re like a God then you’re probably
going to think you’re freaking awesome. Anyway, he did believe himself to be a deity. A lot of these guys did, I think, Caligula… all these guys. Anyway um… his mother insisted that he was the son of Zeus. Yeah, it’s thinking like that, it’s… it’s parenting skills like that, that are bound to guarantee a narcissist. So, this guy Alexander… he was so great that he was the boyhood hero of Pompey. You know
some people nowadays, oh Kiss… Gene Simmons… Oh no… Back then it was Alexander the Great. Oh, I want to be like Alexander the Great. Oh, he was so awesome. Ooh did he kick some serious Macedonian ass! Even
Julius Caesar when looking at a statue of Alexander the Great… he felt inadequate and that he realized he was
at an age when Alexander had already accomplished so much and Julius Caesar in comparison accomplished so little. Julius Caesar is my hero. I can’t believe that he had somebody that he felt inadequate next to. Crazy Caligula paid tribute to Alexander by wearing his breastplate while riding his horse across a floating bridge.

Alexander is prominently featured in Greek folklore more so than any other ancient figure. He was married three times, but don’t let that fool you. He had a very, very close
relationship with his best buddy general and bodyguard, Hephaestion, who was the son of a Macedonian Noble. Alexander was extremely upset at the death of his
friend and it’s possible that his death was one of the influences in Alexander’s own failing mental and physical health, prior to his own actual death. Here’s a little bit more interesting trivia… The relationship between the two of them. It might have been just a little bit more than tennis buddies.”