100 days of Nicknames! #4 ALEXANDER

Day 2,580, 04:04 Published in Greece Greece by THRAX and RUMELIAN
Alexander!

Latin form of Alexandros, which mean ‘defending men’ from alexein ‘to defend, protect, help’ and aner ‘man’ (genitive andros).

The name was borne by five kings of Macedonia.


Alexander III The Great 336-323 BC Tetradrachm, Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Zeus enthroned left holding eagle and scepter in left field



'King Alexander dedicated the temple to Athena Polias'
(From the British Museum)



This is the #4 of about 100 days series of articles dadicated to erepublik nicknames!

Until now:

1 AEROPOS
2 DEMETRIUS
3 ARCHELAUS