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And only now in old
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do I understand who this force of nature really was.
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Or do I?
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Did such a man as Alexander exist?
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Of course not, they idolize him, make him better than he was.
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Men, all men reach and fall,
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reach and fall.
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The east, the vast Persian empire, ruled almost all the known world.
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The west, once great greek city states,
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Thebes, Athens, Sparta, had fallen from pride.
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For a hundred years now, the persian kings had bribed the greeks with their gold,
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To fight as mercenaries,
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it was Philip, the one eyed, that changed all this.
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Uniting tribes of illiterate sheep herders, from the high and low lands,
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With his blood and guts, he built a professional army,
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Brought the devious greeks to their knees.
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He then turned his eye on Persia,
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where it was said the new, great King Darius himself,
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on his throne in Babylon, feared Philip.
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It was from these loins of war, that Alexander was born, in Pella.
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Pella Macedonia
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Some called his mother, Queen Olympias, a sorceress,
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and said that Alexander was the child of Dionysus...
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..others, Zeus.