Soldier, Priest, and God: A Life of Alexander the GreatWhatever we may think of Alexander whether Great or only lucky, a civilizer or a sociopath most people do not regard him as a religious leader. And yet religion permeated all aspects of his career. When he used religion astutely, he and his army prospered. In Egypt, he performed the ceremonies needed to be pharaoh, and thus became a god as well as a priest. Babylon surrendered to him partly because he agreed to become a sacred king. When Alexander