Alexander the Great: The Undefeated King Who Broke Himself

At 24, Alexander the Great walked into a desert temple at Siwa and came out believing he was the son of a god. He conquered the largest empire the world had ever seen by 30 and never lost a battle. But what was he running from? This is the dark psychology of Alexander the Great: a mother, Olympias, who told him he was divine, and a father, King Philip II of Macedon, he could never beat. From taming Bucephalus and studying under Aristotle, to the murder of Philip, the Gordian Knot, the battles of Issus and Gaugamela, the oracle of Zeus-Ammon, the killing of Cleitus the Black, the death of Hephaestion and his mysterious death in Babylon at 32. This is the full story of how one idea shaped the greatest conqueror in history. CHAPTERS 0:00 The Boy Who Thought He Was a God 0:28 Olympias' Dream: Thunderbolt and Fire 1:13 356 BC: A Birth and a Secret 1:51 Philip II: The Father He Could Never Beat 2:31 Taming Bucephalus 3:34 Aristotle, Achilles and the Iliad 4:29 337 BC: The Wedding Feast Scandal 5:20 The Assassination of Philip II 5:50 Troy, the Gordian Knot and Issus 7:03 The March to Siwa 7:50 The Oracle: "O Son of Zeus" 9:01 Gaugamela and the Largest Empire on Earth 9:16 The Cracks Begin: Philotas and Parmenion 9:41 The Murder of Cleitus the Black 10:47 Proskynesis: The King Who Wanted Worship 11:22 India, Porus and the Mutiny 12:07 The Gedrosian Desert 12:35 The Death of Hephaestion 13:37 The Death of Alexander the Great 14:24 Who Was Alexander, Really? #AlexanderTheGreat #History #ancienthistory alexander the great, alexander the great documentary, alexander the great history, alexander the great psychology, dark psychology of alexander the great, son of zeus, alexander the great son of god, olympias, philip ii of macedon, king philip, bucephalus, aristotle and alexander, siwa oracle, gaugamela, battle of issus, gordian knot, hephaestion, cleitus the black, death of alexander the great, how did alexander the great die, ancient history, ancient greece, macedonia history, history documentary, animated history, history explained, greatest conqueror in history