Prime examples of morally ambiguous people are history’s most effective rulers, Alexander the Great being no exception. In Dick Davis’s translation of the “Shahnameh”, the ruler is portrayed as a barbarous conqueror, but his enlightened judgement is shown on page 458; When Alexander hears of the Persian troops advance, he sets out to meet them. When each army was a short distance from the other (two parasangs), he summoned his counselors. He tired of their advice and decided to act as his own emissary, stating, “There’s only one way to forward this case:/ I’ll go myself and meet him face to face./ I’ll be my own ambassador, and see/ The strengths and weaknesses of my enemy.” Instead of diving into battle, he went undercover and infiltrated