Daily Question,"How did Alexander create his own myth?"

       When Alexander first set off to his amazing journey, he went to Troy. Alexander went to Troy to start his myth, because the myth of the battle of Persia and Greeks was legendary and he wanted to follow in the footsteps of some of the greatest warrior’s, like Achilles. Alexander the Great worshiped the great Greek leaders from the ancient battle of Troy. Alexander grew up with them being his heroes, and he wanted to grow up just like his heroes. Also Alexander thought his heroes of the ancient Greek army would lead him and help him with his expedition. With his heroes, Alexander was now ready and set off to conquer the rest of the Persian Empire. Alexander the Great conquered the whole Persian Empire with his own personal historian to record his amazing achievements. When Alexander went to Egypt, the Egyptians welcomed him, but when he was there he went to the oracle of Amman, and when the priests came out of the oracle, they called Alexander the son of god. Alexander had a natural ability for leading after his father, Philip II, which made it even easier to conquer the rest of the known world at that time. I believe Alexander wanted to make his own myth, so that’s what he did. He wanted to create a myth of his own because he wanted to be just like his inspirational heroes who fought in the battle of Troy. Alexander knew making his own myth wasn’t going to be easy, but he did it by inspiration and hard work. He wanted to create a myth just like his heroes by taking over the Persian Empire, the biggest empire of that time.