pothos.org

I would say yes and no - it is quite likely that Olympias would not have suckled him as a baby (his 'nurse', Lanike, would have been a wet nurse); but it is also pretty clear that Olympias took a deal of interest in his early upbringing at least - hardly surprising, considering that she was one of a...

Good points about Caesar, Nicator - sounds as if you have good train-journey discussions. I just start the crossword then fall asleep! <g> This sort of links with a more recent thread on genes or environment - would geniuses like Caesar have managed what they did had Alexander not been there before?...

Nice to know there wasn't a problem with *mine* - nyah nyah nyah <BG>
Marcus

It's a little dangerous to compare Rome's encounter with Attila with a hypothetical encounter with Alexander, with nearly 800 intervening years. By the time the Huns began their merciless sweep across Western Europe Rome was suffering all sorts of internal turmoil, not least because those Christian ...

There is no evidence for this. It is most likely that Ptolemy started this story when he took over Egypt after Alexander's death - 'proving' such a link to Alexander was designed to give Ptolemy legitimacy in his rule.
All the best
Marcus