Riding the Tiger

clinging to the wreckage of civilization

Death of Alexander the Great – 323 BC

He wept for no more worlds—and then the world wept for him.In Babylon, the lions roared. In Greece, the altars dimmed.The sun itself seemed hesitant to rise.He did not pass—he ascended into legend. Born of Macedon, heir of Achilles, student of Aristotle,He carried Hellas on his shoulders, and the stars in his wake.He was crowned […]