How Do You Relate to the History of Alexander the Great?

The older you get, the bigger of a problem it becomes. So Walt Disney, I can understand his world, he lived in America and it was less than 150 years ago. Alexander the Great, half the things you read, you're like, this may or may not be true. But at each stage, Plutarch is writing for his times and what he thinks is relevant. Some people get mad at me for not telling more diverse stories. People from India will be like, hey, why don't we tell one of the stories of one of the Indian emperors? And I'm like, because I have no context. Like, I can't just read one biography. I

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