The allure of the East was not just lands and wealth, but glory and knowledge. Pothos drove Alexander to new heights and new daring deeds, but would it be too much . . . .


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Sources for the Episode.
By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire (Ancient Warfare and Civilization) By Ian Worthington
A Companion to Ancient Macedonia by Joseph Roisman and Ian Worthington
A History of Macedonia by R. Malcolm Errington
Alexander the Great  by R. Lane Fox


Plutarch Translation - The Age of Alexander (Penguin Classics) by T. Duff


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