{"product_id":"alexander-the-great-and-the-peta-oakes-gaelic-mac-dubhdara-9781764677899","title":"Alexander the Great and the Making of a God: Divine Kingship, Sacred Lineage, and the Cosmology of Empire in the Ancient World","description":"\u003cp\u003eStep into the world of Alexander the Great as never before through a sweeping exploration of conquest, sacred kingship, divine ancestry, astrology, cosmology, and the birth of the Hellenistic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlexander the Great and the Making of a God: Divine Kingship, Sacred Lineage, and the Cosmology of Empire in the Ancient World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e traces Alexander's transformation from Macedonian prince to universal ruler through the interconnected intellectual worlds of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and Babylon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar more than a military biography, this work examines how antiquity understood kingship itself. Through Homeric epic, heroic lineage, the Oracle of Zeus Ammon, Babylonian astronomy, sacred omens, divine sonship, and imperial cosmology, Alexander emerges not merely as conqueror, but as a ruler whose authority appeared woven into the very structure of the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon ancient literary sources, archaeology, numismatics, sacred geography, and comparative mythology, this book explores how the ancient world united history, religion, astronomy, kingship, and cosmology into one symbolic vision of empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers interested in mythology, ancient history, sacred kingship, cosmology, classical civilisation, Egypt, Persia, Babylon, astrology, and the enduring legacy of Alexander the Great, this volume offers a richly layered journey into one of history's most extraordinary figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peta Oakes (Gaelic Mac Dubhdara)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1764677897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764677899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peta Oakes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Peta Oakes (Gaelic Mac Dubhdara)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997877776639,"sku":"9781764677899","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alexander-the-great-and-the-peta-oakes-gaelic-mac-dubhdara-9781764677899","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}