I refer to Alexander's scrupulousness about behaving admirably.He was by Macedonian standards of the day, very proper. So many excoriate him for his conquistador actions, but I would posit that this is precisely what made the Macedonians think him great. Adding to the size of the kingdom by conquest was considered a positive value by the people and I should imagine by the king as well. Other than a few moralist philosophers, the majority of people in the world at the time, thought this to be the greatest plus for any king. From the beginnings of civilization to quite recently adding to the territory of the kingdom or empire was roundly lauded by everyone but the conquered and I suspect even they could not argue with their invaders motives. Alexander would truly seem to have taken to heart the Hellenic motto,"Do the best that you can do". Upon becoming king, he sought to do just that in the way most obvious to him and to his contemporaries; he followed in his father's example of adding spear won territories to the kingdom of Macedon while at the same time making of it the leading force in Hellas. While his methods may seem culpable to us, I would doubt that many of his contemporaries would have found anything the slightest bit untoward about them. It was conquest and annexation which made Cyrus be seen as the great throughout the world and Alexander was well aware of this fact. Alexander believed himself to be a great king and so did the majority of the world even though they may have hated him for it. His religious scrupulousness matched his social correctness and the image he had of his proper role in life. He adhered to both until the end of his life. I too, believe that he believed in his ultimate apotheosis though he may have jumped the gun a bit.