You have to read ALL of Mary Renault's Alexander novels--up to Funeral Games--

and her non-fiction book (which I haven't read yet) and Michael Wood's In the Footsteps of Alexander--book and documentary and all these real people will come back to life--including Black Klietus whom he killed with his spear while drunk--

the massacre of a whole village of Grco-Indians

his quarrels with his father

his snake cult mother--

Aristotle's nephew accompanied them--to recorde very thing--