where he would live simply, very much like his troops. Leonidas was replaced with Lysimachus, who taught Alexander to play the lyre, and taught him an appreciation for the fine arts of music, poetry, and drama. Philip and Olympias wanted nothing less than the best for their son, so when he was 13, his parents hired Aristotle from Athens to be his personal tutor. The two of them spent time at Mieza, a temple about 20 miles from the palace at Pella. Under Aristotle, Alexander learned philosophy, ethics, politics, and healing, all of which became of very important for Alexander later in his life. Alexander and Aristotle separated, due to their difference of opinion on the status of foreigners; Aristotle saw them as barbarians, while Alexander sought to merge Macedonians and foreigners.
             One famous story from his youth is told in Plutarch's life of Alexander.
             "The legend begins with Philoneicus, a Thessalian, bringing a wild horse to Phi
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