The Acropolis Museum, Athens, 330 B.C.

Alexander was born in 345 B.C. at Pella, the capital of Macedonia.
As a child, his studies were under the tutelage of Aristotle. At the
age of sixteen, while his father Phillip, the King of Macedonia,
marched against Byzantium he was entrusted with the governing of
their country. When his father was murdered, he became King and
leader of the powerful Macedonian army. After strengthening his
positions in Greece, he undertook a military campaign which freed
the Greek cities of Asia Minor from Persian rule. With an objective
of fusing western and oriental cultures, he then went on to conquer
Egypt, Persia and part of India before his death at the age of 33.
These brilliant accomplishments during his brief life identify him
as one the greatest of all military leaders. The Macedonian ding is
represented as a youth with luxuriantly wavy locks that rise upward
from above the middle of his forehead like a lion's mane, a
characteristic known from all Alexander portraits. Probably an
original work of the sculptor Leochares.

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