Watched Across the Hindu Kush, the third part of the BBC documentary In The Footsteps of Alexander The Great. Again, only contemporary scenes and events are shown, parallel to the narrative, providing irony and counterpoint. Amazing to see such scenes vis-a-vis the conquest of Asia 2,300 years ago by one of Aristotle's disciples.

Love all those candid shots of the locals! They are beautiful, though not Hollywood-beautiful, which makes them really and timelessly beautiful.

In this episode Alexander's hubris surfaces. He flies into a rage and kills a compatriot who says that his father was and would always be greater than him, and has another tortured to death for reading a quote from the Iliad that indicates how Alexander could never be a god. The episode ends with the over-empowered Alexander's continued efforts to be treated not as royalty but as divinity. Quite interesting to observe that I was able to follow and appreciate this docu because I followed and appreciated Colin Farrell's movie.

Thousands upon thousands of men comprised Alexander's army, which proves that there was overpopulation even then. I must state that, indeed, too many men create armies.

Still, there will never be another Alexander. Even if other men keep trying.