Alexander The Great Short Story

Does that not seem to you like betrayal and rejection of his own people? Alexander could never have had it both ways. As the conquerors we will never accept the customs of the conquered. Political move it may have been, but it was the wrong one. At the trial of the royal pages conspiracy, it was stated to Alexander that he abhorred the customs of his own country. Thus it was the king of Persians, not of the Macedonians that they wanted to kill13. Alexander has simply become so far removed from his own people that some do not even see him as their own king. The plot against his life was to pursue him as a deserter in accordance with the conventions of war14. When a sailor rescued Alexander’s crown from the sea and placed it on his own head to keep it dry and out of harm’s way, he was rewarded handsomely for the rescue. When it was pointed out by another to Alexander that the crown had been on another’s head, regardless of the situation he had the same man promptly executed on the belief that it was a bad omen. With the adoption of Persian luxury came outright abuse of power and skewed

The clearest evidence of this lies in Document C, entitled Alexander of Macedon by Peter Green and published by the University of California Press in 1991. This excerpt describes one of the many brutal rampages that Alexander’s troops embarked on, this time against Tyre, under their leader’s orders. His commands were “executed with savage relish” and even the men of Sidon, who had been rivals with the Tyrians for centuries, were “horrified by what they now witnessed”. Those who sought refuge were slayed, buildings were burned down, thousands of men at military age were crucified, and even survivors that surrendered were eventually enslaved. Therefore, Alexander was undoubtedly a relentless and power-hungry military leader that would have done anything in order to further himself and his plans. Moreover, Document B, written by Lucius Flavius Arrianus in 130 CE, also, though unintentionally, displays Alexander’s cruelty. Taken from Arrianus’s book called The Campaigns of Alexander, the story was supposed to be a recount and positive reflection of Alexander’s accomplishments, given that it was written by a Greek philosopher and historian. However, it, instead, is even further proof that Alexander was anything but great. The document narrates Alexander’s last major battle against Porus on the eastern bank of the Hydaspes

Alexander slaughtered many people. According to Doc C, Alexander had lost many men trying to get into Tyre. When Alexander got into Tyre, he had ordered

Alexander recognized he could not allow the barbarian nation neighboring him grow to independent so he quashed them with the might of his army. (Doc. 1) It became obvious that the author who was responsible for writing Document 1 was biased towards Alexander when the author wrote that ONLY thirty-four of Alexander's men were killed. Alexander said that he shared the labor with his men and would not have had them do anything he would not do. (Doc. 2) When Alexander took the Persian capital of Persepolis he took the treasure from the palace and burned it to the ground. With this move, he effectively cut down upon the Persian's supplies and stroke a crippling blow to the moral of Persia's army. (Doc. 4) When Alexander and his forces were marching through a desert one of his men found a little bit of water and offered it to Alexander, when he took it he promptly dumped it all on the ground so that he could suffer along with his

Thierno Erdmann Mr. Goodrich English 10A - Pd. 4 11th December 2017 Athena’s Wisdom Homer, the author of The Odyssey, uses language in a distinct way to achieve a specific effect between two of the main characters, Telemachus and Odysseus. The Odyssey is a sequel book to the Iliad, but it has been ten years since the fall of Troy and Odysseus still yearns to come home from the war with the Trojans. In the very first book of the Odyssey, A Goddess Intervenes, there is a specific talk between Telemachus, Odysseus’s son, and Athena who is disguised as Mentes, a trusted family friend, who talks to Telemachus.

In Pylos, the ongoing ritual in honor of Poseidon instantly provides a sense of piety. The people even sacrifice succulent “thighbones in fat”, while they themselves only “[take] the tripes to eat”, showing reverence through offering the best meats (35). In addition, Sparta shows similar reverence to the deities. When King Menelaos overhears Telemakhos comparing his halls to that of Zeus, he humbly states, “No mortal man can vie with Zeus” (55). Even when the king’s halls are gilded with gold and precious materials, Menelaos’ refusal to claim superiority to the gods conveys his veneration of them. While both Pylos and Sparta demonstrate respect for the gods, Ithaka lacks such honor. The suitors in Telemakhos’ homeland claim that they “fear no one”, not even the gods (25). Their impiety is further realized when they ignore “a pair of eagles” Zeus sends down as a warning (23). Even when Noemon mentions seeing “a god who looked like Mentor” accompanying Telemakhos on his journey, they ignore such hints of divine power at work and plot to assassinate Telemakhos, who receives the heavenly aid (72). This contempt towards the gods illustrates the discrepancy of piety between Ithaka and the other

“Darius's army greatly outnumbered the Macedonians, but the Battle of Issus ended in a big victory for Alexander. Tens of thousands of Persians, Greeks, and other Asiatic soldiers were killed and king Darius fled” (Web, Project of History of Macedonia). In all the Persians lost “one hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand cavalry while Alexander only lost twelve hundred. These numbers are Greek estimates” (Web, necromatics). The number of murdered infantry in the Battle of Issus and Alexander’s determination to kill, kill,

their first years of his reign use them to take revenge on those who rebelled against his father after his death. in 334, he launched an attack against the mighty Persian Empire with only 30,000 men and 5,000 horses. a feat that his father had initiated before his death. Thanks to its excellent organization and training, as well as the value and strategic genius who showed invariably prevailed over their enemy’s military innovations introduced by Filippo.

Dionysus moved on to Thebes, which at the time was ruled by his cousin Pentheus. Pentheus did not know who Dionysus was, or that he was a god. Dionysus was with his group of followers, we were singing and dancing while drunk on wine. Pentheus did not like the strangers, and ordered his guards to imprison all of them. Pentheus insulted Dionysus, and called him a ‘cheating sorcerer’. The prophet Teiresias, who had already dressed as one of Dionysus's followers gave Pentheus a warning: "The man you reject is a new god. He is Semele's child, whom Zeus rescued. He and Demeter, are the greatest upon earth for men.” Pentheus laughed at Teiresias, and ordered the guards to continue.

went to hold then off while the rest of Greece got ready for battle. The Spartans were led by king

Dionysus is the god of wine and fertility, however also became considered a patron of the arts. Along with the variety of things Dionysus was associated with, he is associated with some important concepts. These are, being able to bring a dead person back from the underworld, rebirth after death represented through the symbol of his tending to vines to bear fruit for the making of his wine. There is also the feeling of being possessed by a greater power – which he demonstrated via the influence had from wine. This means that the greater power is the wine – that at these times a man might be greater than himself and do works he otherwise could not.

The vast amount of wealth in the Persian Empire played a crucial role in the success and eventual victory of Alexander’s campaign against the Persians. With every city in which Alexander conquered, large sums of treasure and bounty came into his possession. This treasure did two things. The bounty captured during sieges allowed Alexander to keep soldier’s morale high by distributing it amongst the ranks; as well as the ability to replenish the ranks of the army with troops from Macedonia. Secondly, by taking the Persian’s wealth it crippled Darius’s economic power and thus neutralizing his resources and ability to combat against Alexander.

Alexander grew up to conquer the world regardless the cost. Alexander’s military successes was beyond believe, because he conquered Asian minor and Egypt in a decade. The size of the army led by Alexander it vary in different books but according to Arrian (Ptolemy) , there was 32,000 infantry and 5100 cavalry, agree by Diodorus (17.17)(page 34). Even though with this small army Alexander the Great smashed the Persian with less difficulty. ”Alexander, therefore, while the enemy’s attention was engaged by the siege engines and the attempted assault within their sector , order the Guards, the archer, the Agrianes, and his personal guard to hold themselves in readiness, and himself, with a few men only, crept unobserved by the dried-up water-course, under the wall, into the town. Once inside he broke open the nearest gates and admitted the rest of the troops without difficulty” (Page 204). First, Alexander order to his siege engine was to build batter defense and force an entrance through the breaches, soon something has changed his tactics. There were a stream, under the bed, Alexander soldiers pass under the town and opened the gate. While the Cyropolis were engaged in the front. Alexander the great took the town and killed about 8,000, the rest surrounded. Alexander brought down the greatest empire in the world at that period, without difficulty and most

Dion was the brother the brother-law of Dionysius. Dionysius on assuming power married two wives and established himself as a tyrant in Syracuse. Dion's character and natural gifts made Dionysius connect him with Plato who had visited Sicily. Dion was quick to learn and expressed exemplary virtue from the innocence of his youth. When Plato visited Sicily, they mainly talk about morality. Plato proved that the lives of just men

Dionysus was a wanderer. During these journeys he explored the world. On these journeys he came across many different people and taught them how to keep their vines healthy. On one of his journeys he was captured by pirates. While he was in bondage of these pirates they tried to tie him down. Wherever the rope would touch him it would fall apart. In