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Alexander was born on the 11th of August (20 July)
during parade of planets and sun eclipse on the same day when the Artemis
temple in Ephesus was burned down by Herostratus.
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Olympias, his mother, had a dream earlier that Zeus
Himself in the form of a snake entered her womb and conceived Alexander.
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On the day of his birth an eagle, bird of Zeus, was
sitting on the roof of the building where he was born.
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When Alexander with his friends was heading to the
Siwa Ammon Oracle Temple, they got lost in the Lybian desert until a crow
(snake by another version) showed them the way to the oasis.
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No one could untie the Gordian knot which would according
a legend give the dominion over all Asia to the one who succeeds. Alexander
cut the Gordian knot with his sword and thus fulfilled the prophesy.
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When Alexander was taking a shortcut along the Lycian
seashore, the sea has ceded to Alexander, water left and the army was able
to quickly pass this difficult route.
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