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His first tutor was his great-uncle Leonidas (the uncle of his mother Olympias). Leonidas taught him on the Sparta model of the agoge. (Look up Spartan training.) He also learned the usual "Three Rs."

Aristotle was hired by Philip II (his dad) as his tutor, when he was 12-13. He was taught what was emerging as Aristotle's standard stuff. (At this point in time, Aristotle was *not yet famous*, note). Logic, rhetoric, eristics (arguing either side in a debate), ethics, science, politics. Apparently, he also learned a little medicine from Aristotle (whose father had been a physician ... in fact, that's how Aristotle got his job -- his father had been the personal physician to King Amyntas, Philip II's father). Later, Alexander was known for showing up in the hospital tent to help, and even to give medical advice to his friends. :-) The other thing Aristotle did was annotate a personal copy of the ILIAD just for Alexander.

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