His mother had a dream in which her womb was struck by a thunderbolt, while his father dreamed of placing a lion-shaped seal on that womb.
Three hundred women were brought to this character in an effort to breed a race of heroic children by the Amazonian queen Thalestris. This character built the Caspian Gates, mirroring the construction of a wall to hold back Gog and Magog by the Qur'anic figure Dhul-Qarnayn, who was identified with this man. His mother had a dream in which her womb was struck by a thunderbolt, while his father dreamed of placing a lion-shaped seal on that womb. The earliest version of this man's namesake "Romance" was attributed to his (*) court historian Callisthenes. The oracle of Siwa proclaimed that his true father was Zeus-Ammon, a claim supported by his snake-worshiping mother Olympias. For 10 points, name this man who became the subject of many legends while expanding his Macedonian empire across most of the known world.
Three hundred women were brought to this character in an effort to breed a race of heroic children by the Amazonian queen Thalestris.
Alexander the Great [or  Alexander III of Macedon] 