The legitimacy of this ruler was questioned by a man who died after this leader impaled him with a javelin, although earlier this ruler's life had been saved by that man at the Battle of Granicus.
This leader's response to the revolt of Sabbas involved questioning ten philosophers who successfully answered tricky questions like "what animal is the most cunning?" This ruler was presented a metaphor for government in a dry animal skin which only lay still when the gymnosophist Calanus stood on its center. This leader declined to join the voyage of his admiral (*) Nearchus because he was too busy executing people like Polymachus, who had desecrated the tomb of Cyrus. The legitimacy of this ruler was questioned by a man who died after this leader impaled him with a javelin, although earlier this ruler's life had been saved by that man at the Battle of Granicus. For 10 points, name this son of Philip II, a Macedonian monarch who conquered most of Asia.
This leader's response to the revolt of Sabbas involved questioning ten philosophers who successfully answered tricky questions like "what animal is the most cunning?
Alexander the Great [or Alexander III of Macedon]