What was the post Alexander the Great perception in Parthian, Sassanid etc land? Also what is his perception in modern Iran and "Persia" ?

by Grabaka-Hitman

Curious how he is looked, especially if he mentioned at all in modern times.

thelasian1234

There aren't too many records from the Parthians or Sassanids but Eskandar is a common name, named after Alexander. He's just another historical figure to Iranians, not significantly different from all the other adventurer/conquerers that have come and gone, mostly adopting Persian ways with them. Tamerlame etc.

The Greeks adopted him and promoted him as well as the Persian Wars into a national hero, but in fact there was no "Greece" back then, the war with the Greeks was a distant border skirmish in a large empire

Alexander was not even Greek, he was Macedonian, and the Persians had even assisted the Greeks to resist Macedonian invasion.