Some interesting bits from historical documents.

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What lofty airs his friends and bodyguards were wont to display over the wealth bestowed by him, is plain from a letter which Olympias wrote to him. She says: "I beg thee to find other ways of conferring favours on those thou lovest and holdest in honour; as it is, thou makest them all the equals of kings and providest them with an abundance of friends, whilst thyself thou strippest bare." 8 Olympias often wrote him in like vein, but Alexander kept her writings secret, except once when Hephaestion, as was his wont, read with him a letter which had been opened; the king did not prevent him, but took the ring p343 from his own finger and applied its seal to the lips of Hephaestion...

'Thy mother the most terrible' to which the king yelled: Punishable by death; take your tongue down Hephaestion''

To his mother, also, he sent many presents, but would not suffer her to meddle in affairs nor interfere in his campaigns; and when she chided him for this, he bore her harshness patiently. 13 Once, however, after reading a long letter which Antipater had written in denunciation of her, he said Antipater knew not that one tear of a mother effaced ten thousand letters such these. Then the king tore the letters into hundred pieces.

Alexander then ordered Antipater to be punished for denuncing his mother.

Journal547In a letter to his mother, Alexander was claiming himself to be the son of Zeus, Ammon, olympias decided to write back, and she joked that Alexander was getting her into trouble with Hera...

Hera wife of Zeus...

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It's hephestion or hephaestion or haphestian so confusing

Alexander was only 23 yr old boy...so one can understand his fear ...can't be called superstitious here 😆

Poor boy never mentioned himself as son of Zeus again...on the contrary he asked sasygambis to not address him as son of Zeus

Alexander I son of olympias, these words are strange and useless; I do not seek that men should honour me as they do the gods, for I am a mortal man, and I am afraid of anything like this, for there is a heavy penalty for a man when he goes beyond his proper limit I applaud you and praise your knowledge, for when I made trial of your wisdom it pleased me ; and I wrote a letter to Olympias my mother and begged of her the favour that she would come to my marriage feast, if it so pleased her."