Week #4b- Daily #6- Was Alexander the Great a "good leader"? Compare/Contrast with Pericles.

I think that Alexander the Great was a good leader, but he was not necessarily a good person. He led his people into a lot of success. They looked up to him and he looked like a hero. Alexander was greedy and selfish, though. He just did not appear to be that way to his followers. He created his own myths that a lot of people believed. Before Alexander the Great, there was a general named Pericles. Alexander and Pericles are similar and different in many ways. First off, Pericles was a military leader between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. He was definitely not as accomplished as Alexander the Great. He did not conquer all of the places that Alexander the Great did. Pericles was from Athens, while Alexander was from Macedonia. Pericles wanted to improve Athens, and Alexander wanted to conquer the world. They both died from being sick; Pericles died in the plague and Alexander died from a fever. Pericles led Athens during the Golden Age. They were both advocates of democracy. Pericles had more integrity than Alexander. Both of them did not like the Persians. Pericles did not like the Spartans, either. Pericles rebuilt Athens after the Persian Wars. They were both good leaders with different objectives. Alexander the Great and Pericles led their people into success. They both changed their empires for the better. Both of their militaries were very important to them. As you can see, Alexander the Great and Pericles were both very good leaders with different intentions.