Alexander The Great

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Alexander the Great, Hybris – Nemesis Life

In the life of Alexander the Great, one could examine that he had a hybris-nemesis effect on the world. As a great conqueror and warrior Alexander resembled the mind a hyberistic man that created a nemesis world view in his Hellistic world. Throughout his life time one can evaluate that Alexander had a great unchecked pride that was never tested till the gods took his soul. We can also see that because of his hybris view that he could only create a world of nemesis all around him, just like that of the man that he chased all throughout his crusades of Persia the King of Kings, Dorias who may have been his greatest adversary. It is without a doubt Alexander the Great definitely lead a Hybris lifestyle that led to a Nemesis world view like the other conquerors before him.
As stated by John Porter, “ hybris is a tricky word. Today it is used to refer to “ overweening pride,” often in very Christian terms. In antiquity, however, hybris was a form of violent arrogance or aggression that displayed itself, not in one’s attitudes, but in one’s actions.” This is exactly what Alexander the Great resembled both in life and the battlefield. When in battle Alexander would rush into battle, weather he outnumbered the enemy or the enemy outnumbered him, with battened disregard for the safety of his men or himself. In the Battle of Issus in 333 B.C. Alexander and his men charge through Dorias’ Persian army directly at Dorias, who in fear retreats and abandons his family and army. Dorias’ army discuses the battle and his family is captured and kept as Alexander’s personal servants. In these actions Alexander resembles the meaning of a “hybristic man,” as also defined by John Porter “was not simply a proud or arrogant man (as we have seen, the Greeks did not regard justifiable pride as a character flaw) but treated others with violence that suggested that they were in effect mere...