"Alexander the Great" Gold-Plated Brass Mask on a Marble BaseAlexander the Great was one of the greatest generals in history. He considered himself the son of the Egyptian God Ammon Zeus, and a descendant of Achilles and Hercules, which his contemporaries also believed, as they could not otherwise explain his extraordinary personality. However, his biological parents were Philip II of Macedonia and Olympia, daughter of the king of Epirus, Neoptolemus. His origin was therefore Doric, because both the Macedonians