![]() ![]() Alexander shows how bright he is when he engages the envoys to his father in hard questions some of which they refuse to answer. However, Ptolemy does not want to talk about it at all. Philip loathes his wife’s witchcraft.Īlexander has a friend called Ptolemy whom he has heard guards say that he is Alexander’s brother. Alexander is a smart child who knows how to have his way in the palace and places where he may not be allowed to access. Philip is a one-eyed king full of battle scars that make his own son view him as ugly: His son likens him to Polyphemos. When he steps in between his parents, though on his mother’s defense, his father throws him mercilessly down the stairs out of the room. ![]() While in the royal bedroom, Alexander witnesses firsthand the feuds between his parents. When Alexander finds a snake coiled around him, he thinks it is glaukos only to realize that it is a new one when he takes it to his mother’s room. At this point, she has introduced her son Alexander to the art of snake charming against his father’s will. Olympia is the king’s wife who practices witchcraft. The setting of the book is in a Greek society where Philip is the king. The kids have their own rooms where their Spartan nurses take care of them at night away from the royal bedroom. Together, they have a four-year-old son called Alexander and a daughter called Cleopatra. Philip, the king, is the husband to Olympia. ![]()
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