Daily 23

There are many ways that Alexander created his own myth. One of the ways was that he hired a man named Arrian to record what happened during Alexander’s conquest of Persia and the rest of the world. This is why today how we understand all the events that occurred during Alexander’s goal of conquest. If Alexander did not hire Arrian to record his life, we definitely would not know all the things we know today. There are many theories why Alexander would hire someone to record his life, and one of them says that Alexander just wanted to be remembered for all the good things he did during his journey. This means that Arrian probably only recorded the good actions that Alexander performed so that people later would realize what a great leader Alexander was. Another thing that contributes to Alexander creating his own myth was the Gordian knot. There was an ox-cart located in northern Greece that contained a knot that no one could untie since its existence. Many people tried to untie the tight knot, and the townspeople loved to see these people make absolute fools of themselves. No one untied the knot and many people were made fools for even trying to attempt to untie it. But then Alexander walks in and approaches the knot. The people have no idea who it is and think that another fool is going to try to untie the knot. Alexander then took out his sword, and sliced through the knot until it came undone. The people could not believe what they saw, and there was a story that whoever untied the knot, they would become the king of Asia. These are just two of the ways Alexander created his own myth, and there are so many other ways he did it.