– Pasargadae to visit the Tomb of Cyrus the Great and pay his respects – Troy where he and Hephaestion ran naked I started with three and ended with five: Then, because I had the Camino in mind, I began thinking about the pilgrimages that Alexander undertook during his War of Revenge against Darius III and after. So, the breakdown was the first thing to occur to me. For example, by specifying where in each of the sources you can read about each phase of his life/expedition, explaining why each phase is worth reading about, and so on.
As well as correcting errors and omissions, I’d also like to develop the breakdown further. If so, presenting his life in pint size portions would seem to be a worthwhile idea. Maybe there are people who would like to read about him but aren’t sure where to begin, or who are simply overwhelmed by the thought of studying this amazing figure. That’s what put me in mind of my breakdown of Alexander’s life. In other words, they break down their Camino route into manageable portions.
Taking a month out of from one’s life to walk the Camino is a big, big commitment so many people walk their route in stages, returning every year or whenever they can to walk the next stage until that blessed day when they finally reach the cathedral. In 2019, I walked the whole of the Camino Francés route (from Saint Jean Pied de Port in the French Pyrenees to Santiago). In case you don’t know, the Camino de Santiago is a collection of pilgrimage routes through Europe that all enter northern Spain and end at the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in the north-west of the country. Anyone reading this who also reads my personal blog or Twitter page will know that I think about the Camino often! I walked it in 2019 and although I returned home have barely left it since.
What inspired me to think about the breakdown again was the Camino de Santiago. I would like to do this in the near future, as well as add any events that ought to be there but aren’t. Please forgive any omissions and errors as I wrote the breakdown off the top of my head and haven’t yet made a substantial effort to make sure all the events mentioned are in the correct order. – March Down the Indus River : Alexander’s Impatience – Near Death – Genocide (?) – Open SeaĪlexander the Great as seen in the Alexander Mosaic – The Macedonian Army’s Mutiny at the Hyphasis River – The Battle of the Hydaspes River: Lead Up – Battle – Aftermath – March to the Indus River with Split Forces Indus River – The Battle of Hydaspes – Mutiny at the Hyphasis River – Return West – Visiting Pasargadae and Cyrus the Great’s Tomb Pelusium – Thebes – Founding Alexandria – Siwah – Alexander’s Illness in Cilicia / A plot against his life? Here is the result:Ĭonception – Accession to the Macedonian ThroneĪlexander’s Accession – Beginning of the War of Revenge I actually first jotted down just such a breakdown a while ago but I did it again last week. The first thing that occurred to me was to publish a breakdown of Alexander’s life as maybe it would be helpful to people wanting to learn about him. Well, I spent all of last week wondering what to write in this post.
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