The battle of Issus (1/4)

[nurz33]

Hercules, the king of Macedon!!!

[SPARTANsenator7]

@nurz33

Actually Heracles was the prince of Theba :)

[nurz33]

@SPARTANsenator7 I ve seen a picture of Alexander the Great as the Greek god Hercules on a silver tetradrachme coin 325 BC.

[SPARTANsenator7]

@nurz33

That's because Alexander wanted to look like Heracles like many other Greeks. Alexander boasted that from his mother's side was descended from Achilles and from his father's side from Heracles.

[nurz33]

@SPARTANsenator7 wow brill! Thanks for the info :)

[SPARTANsenator7]

@nurz33

My pleasure!

[SPARTANsenator7]

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