Little from the letters written by and to Alexander the Great is preserved today, and much of what purports to be his correspondence is in fact fictitious.
Only a small fraction of Alexander's correspondence is thus accessible today, and even less of his actual words.
[3] The general opinion has been to assess the purported letters on a case-by-case basis, recognizing that some are forged.
[1] Among the literary creations of the Romance are Alexander's correspondence with his mother, Olympias; the Persian king, Darius III; his tutor, Aristotle; the city of Athens; the Kandake, an African queen; and the legendary Amazons.
[4] The apocryphal letter to Aristotle on India circulated independently and widely, being translated into many languages and accepted as authentic throughout the Middle Ages.