Cassander

Alexander The Great Alexander the Great was a man with no equal in History. He was one of the most important forces known to man. Alexander the Great then crossed the Hellespoint, which is now called the Dardanelles and, as head of a Greek army undertook the war on Persia that his father had been planning. The march he had begun was to be one of the greatest in history. Alexander was one of the biggest influenced on people of all time and one of the most powerful personalities. He really molded

His story begins just as everybody's: at his birth. He was born as Prince Cassander of Athens, Greece. The land he was going to control someday seemed so foreign to him. In his previous life, he lived in a colony filled with only a few and did not have luxury like Athens. Meanwhile, Athens was filled with thousands of people, clean water and food, women to marry, the finest of riches, and more than the mind could ever imagine. Throughout his childhood, he did not care for any of these things; his

“Who are you sir? And how do you know my name?” Replied Cassander, curious of the man who approached him. “Sir, My name is Achilles, and I have come with an important message, from your father.” Said Achilles. "What?! Tell me now sir! I need to know what my father's last words were!" yelled Cassander, curious of what the man had to say. "Your father wanted me to tell you that he was sorry for not being there for you when you

Just as the flow of the river and the surprises of nature change the land, individuals must learn to adapt and to change their own society for the better. Civilizations lack the desirable characteristics of an ideal society due to the fact that they enforce standards which encourage the foolish actions of people. As a results, individuals become nothing more than a label of the ascribe statuses and expectations from society. Under current circumstances, civilization forces people to abide by their

Alexander the Great is remembered as a conquering man who built one of the largest empires. Some describe him as a man with a vision of world harmony. Others see him as a blood thirsty man with a mental illness. One thing that cannot be argued is that he and his empire are fascinating studies. From his rise to power to his mysterious death is interesting, but even after he died the story is fascinating. Due to his death, his empire was divided and a long power-struggle began starting with his generals

The storm that shook Athens the day of the twins’ birth was of unprecedented size.The wind howled in fury and sought every breath to take for it’s own.The sea and sky swirled together like oceans set on fire to strike the city, and at its heart lay a woman giving birth. This woman was the Queen of Athens, lone ruler as her lover was Apollo and no king dared make the slightest move. She was in considerable pain, and the storm outside only intensified her feelings. She was bearing children of Apollo

have a meaning. One interpretation Baldin gives is that the tree signifies the destruction of Alexander’s wars. Badian ends by discussing the artist. He identifies the commissioner as Cassander, a King of Macadoia from 305 - 297 BC, and who Alexander treated poorly. Badian believes this poor treatment caused Cassander to have a bias while commissioning the mosaic. Therefore, he wanted a piece that did not glorify Alexander, even if he won every war against the persians. Finally, this explains why the

Lysimachus had the areas of Thrace and much of Asia Minor, Cassander received Macedonia and Greece, Ptolemy seized Egypt, Palestine, Cilicia, Petra, and Cyprus, and Seleucus took control of the rest of Asia. Hellenic influence continued to spread throughout the lands ruled by the generals and Greek dedications, statues

Alexander the Great’s large accomplishments in the third century BC changed the landscape of Afro-Eurasia in ancient times, and arguably through modern day. With the growth of his empire came the spread of Hellenistic culture throughout the lands he conquered. From the Mediterranean to Asia to the Middle East he helped expand trade routes and most of all the spread of ideas in religion, politics, and culture. One of the larger aspects of this spread of culture from Alexander was the expansion of

Antipater sent his son Cassander instead in fear of being executed by Alexander. His son also had an allegedly brought a mule’s hoof that Aristotle had prepared poison and filled. As he blamed Alexander for the death of the court historian who was suspected in an earlier conspiracy to kill Alexander. The compounds of the plant could easily be extracted and fermented along with alcohol. Therefore, making it very easy to slip into Alexander’s wine. Cassander then could have passed the hoof