Peritas

It was either Vucefalia or... or Voukephalia, or simply his actual name, Voukephala.

Also around that time, a city was named Peritas, after his favorite dog, after Alexander's favorite dog.

We don't know where this city was.

Plutarch just mentions this around Voukephalus' death.

The Macedonians had a month called Peritas, equivalent to our January, honouring their lovely doggy.

Now all this speaks volumes about Alexander's character, right? He loved his animals, but at the same time he could with ease kill men who had followed him, you know, to the other side of the world.

Philotas, Parmenion, Callisthenes, Cletus and probably many others that we're never going to hear about.

But Alexander was still a child.

He squabbled with other boys, adored his hound Peritas, and loved athletic games.

Macedonian boys were taught early that strength and courage mattered.

Hunting trips into the forests trained his reflexes.

He needs a mind sharpened like a sword.

And for that, he summons Aristotle, the greatest philosopher of the age, to become Alexander's tutor.

Imagine the teenage prince, dirt still on his sandals from chasing hounds through the Macedonian countryside, suddenly being told, "Pack up, kid.

You're going to school with one of the sharpest brains in human history." That's like trading your local math teacher for Albert Einstein, except with a beard, a scroll library, and the ability to turn any question into a ten-hour lecture.