Macedonian king Alexander the III, more commonly referred to as “Alexander the Great”, campaigned into India due to the fact that he was inspired to do so by one of his personal heroes; Dionysus (pronounced “die-oh-nai-sis”). Dionysus campaigned into India in a Greek epic Alexander was familiar with, and Alexander III believed that if he did this as well, he would return to Macedonia, Greece an immortal, joining Dionysus and the pantheon of the Ancient Greek gods