Ebook: Soldier, priest, and god: a life of Alexander the Great

"This is the first life of Alexander the Great to explore his religious experience, to put his experience in Egypt and Asia on a par with his Macedonian upbringing and Greek education, and to explain how the European conqueror became a Moslem saint"--;Introduction -- The Mediterranean comes of age -- A Macedonian priest-king -- The s-curve -- The throne of Tyre -- The throne of Egypt -- The throne of Babylon -- A vacant throne -- Sogdian in-laws -- Self-defeat -- Persian in-laws -- The waters of life -- Dead men and a living king.