Alexander Was Not Greek: Homonoia and the Destruction of a Synthesis
By Piri ·
Alexander pursued homonoia by marrying Roxana and two Achaemenid princesses, staging mass weddings of Macedonian officers to Persian noblewomen at Susa in 324 BC, adopting Persian royal dress and proskynesis, and placing Iranian nobles in his administration and army. He chose Babylon as his capital and integrated the Persian imperial structure rather than exporting Greek civilization. Macedonian officers resisted these fusions, and many abandoned their Persian wives after his death.
Chapters
- Demosthenes Warns of Macedonian Threat
- Gandharan Buddha and Greek Influence Myth
- Macedonian Origins of Key Greek Figures
- Alexander's Policy of Homonoia
- Macedonian Resistance to Fusion
- Alexander's Eastern Religious Practices
- Diadochi Reverse Alexander's Fusion
- Droysen's Hellenistic Label and Bias
- Gandharan Art Chronology and Context
- Buddhism's Spread Over Greek Legacy
Adapted from Özcan Buze.