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Alexander

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Alexander, also known by his Roman name Gaius Julius Alexander (, 15 BC-probably between 26 and 28 AD) was a Herodian prince. Family Alexander was the second born son of Alexander and Glaphyra. His oldest brother was called Tigranes and had a younger unnamed sister. His father Alexander was a Judean prince, of Jewish, Nabataean and Edomite descent and was a son of the King of Judea, Herod the Great and his wife Mariamne. His mother Glaphyra was a Cappadocian princess, who was of Greek, Armenian and Persian descent. She was the daughter of the King Archelaus of Cappadocia and her mother was an unnamed princess from Armenia, possibly a relation of the Artaxiad dynasty. Alexander's name reflected his Hasmonean and Hellenic lineage. Life Alexander was born and raised in Herod's court in Jerusalem. After the death and burial of Alexander's father in 7 BC, Herod forced Alexander's mother to return to Cappadocia, forcing her to leave her children under the sole custody of Herod in Jerusalem. Alexander and his brother remained under Herod's guardianship so he could control their fates. Another son of Herod's, Antipater, was concerned for Alexander and his brother as he expected them to attain higher station than their own late fathers, because of the assistance Antipater considered likely from their maternal grandfather Archelaus. In the time Alexander lived in Herod's court, he was betrothed to the daughter of Pheroras. Pheroras was Alexander's paternal great-uncle and was Herod's brother. Antipater persuaded Herod to call off Alexander's betrothal to Pheroras’ daughter because Antipater convinced his father that closer ties between Pheroras and Archelaus of Cappadocia were liable to develop into a plot against Herod. After the death of Herod in 4 BC in Jericho, Alexander and his brother decided to leave Jerusalem and to live with their mother and her family in Cappadocia. After Alexander and his brother arrived in Cappadocia, they disavowed their Jewish descent, deserted their Jewish religion and embraced their Greek descent, including the religion. However, the family connections to the Herodian dynasty were not wholly broken. After Alexander and his brother disavowed their Jewish descent, they were considered among fellow Jews as gentiles. There is a possibility that his maternal grandfather sent Alexander to be educated in Rome.

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“What an excellent horse do they lose, for want of address and boldness to manage him! ... I could manage this horse better than others do.”
— Statement upon seeing Bucephalas being led away as useless and beyond training, as quoted in Lives by Plutarch, as translated by Arthur Hugh Clough
“Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people, to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions.”
— Addressing the dead Hellenes (the Athenean and Thebean Greeks) of the Battle of Chaeronea, as quoted in Historiae Alexandri Magni by Quintus Curtius Rufus
“Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians... and of all the Hellenic peoples, join your fellow-soldiers and entrust yourselves to me, so that we can move against the barbarians and liberate ourselves from the Persian bondage, for as Greeks we should not be slaves to barbarians.”
— As quoted in the Historia Alexandri Magni of Pseudo-Kallisthenes, 1.15.1-4
“Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?”
— As quoted in Lives by Plutarch, as translated by Arthur Hugh Clough
“Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.”
— As quoted in Alexander the Great (1973) by Robin Lane Fox
“For my part, I assure you, I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.”
— Quoted by Plutarch in Life of Alexander from Plutarch's Lives as translated by John Dryden (1683)

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Notable quotes

“What an excellent horse do they lose, for want of address and boldness to manage him! ... I could manage this horse better than others do.”
— Statement upon seeing Bucephalas being led away as useless and beyond training, as quoted in Lives by Plutarch, as translated by Arthur Hugh Clough
“Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people, to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions.”
— Addressing the dead Hellenes (the Athenean and Thebean Greeks) of the Battle of Chaeronea, as quoted in Historiae Alexandri Magni by Quintus Curtius Rufus
“Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians... and of all the Hellenic peoples, join your fellow-soldiers and entrust yourselves to me, so that we can move against the barbarians and liberate ourselves from the Persian bondage, for as Greeks we should not be slaves to barbarians.”
— As quoted in the Historia Alexandri Magni of Pseudo-Kallisthenes, 1.15.1-4
“Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?”
— As quoted in Lives by Plutarch, as translated by Arthur Hugh Clough
“Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.”
— As quoted in Alexander the Great (1973) by Robin Lane Fox
“For my part, I assure you, I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.”
— Quoted by Plutarch in Life of Alexander from Plutarch's Lives as translated by John Dryden (1683)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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Overview

Alexander, also known by his Roman name Gaius Julius Alexander (, 15 BC-probably between 26 and 28 AD) was a Herodian prince. Family Alexander was the second born son of Alexander and Glaphyra. His oldest brother was called Tigranes and had a younger unnamed sister. His father Alexander was a Judean prince, of Jewish, Nabataean and Edomite descent and was a son of the King of Judea, Herod the Great and his wife Mariamne. His mother Glaphyra was a Cappadocian princess, who was of Greek, Armenian and Persian descent. She was the daughter of the King Archelaus of Cappadocia and her mother was an unnamed princess from Armenia, possibly a relation of the Artaxiad dynasty. Alexander's name reflected his Hasmonean and Hellenic lineage. Life Alexander was born and raised in Herod's court in Jerusalem. After the death and burial of Alexander's father in 7 BC, Herod forced Alexander's mother to return to Cappadocia, forcing her to leave her children under the sole custody of Herod in Jerusalem. Alexander and his brother remained under Herod's guardianship so he could control their fates. Another son of Herod's, Antipater, was concerned for Alexander and his brother as he expected them to attain higher station than their own late fathers, because of the assistance Antipater considered likely from their maternal grandfather Archelaus. In the time Alexander lived in Herod's court, he was betrothed to the daughter of Pheroras. Pheroras was Alexander's paternal great-uncle and was Herod's brother. Antipater persuaded Herod to call off Alexander's betrothal to Pheroras’ daughter because Antipater convinced his father that closer ties between Pheroras and Archelaus of Cappadocia were liable to develop into a plot against Herod. After the death of Herod in 4 BC in Jericho, Alexander and his brother decided to leave Jerusalem and to live with their mother and her family in Cappadocia. After Alexander and his brother arrived in Cappadocia, they disavowed their Jewish descent, deserted their Jewish religion and embraced their Greek descent, including the religion. However, the family connections to the Herodian dynasty were not wholly broken. After Alexander and his brother disavowed their Jewish descent, they were considered among fellow Jews as gentiles. There is a possibility that his maternal grandfather sent Alexander to be educated in Rome.

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