Chapter 68: The Macedonian Conquerors Flashcards
Achoris
he succeeded Nepherites I, and three years after he announced himself to be pharaoh of Egypt, he went up to Greece and asked Athens for help against Persian attempts to retake his country.
Alexander
he became king after Amyntas died, he had to avoid conquest by paying the Illyrians off and sending his younger brother Philip (only ten years old) to live in Illyria as a hostage.
Artaxerxes II
he inherited the throne from his father, Darius II in 404.
Artaxerxes III/Ochus
he inherited the throne from his father, Artaxerxes II and poisoned his other brother to secure the claim of the throne.
Attalus
he was the uncle to a native Macedonian who was married to Alexander II and he said that the gods would send a legitimate heir to the Macedonian throne.
Bagoas
he was an eunuch and had been one of Artaxerxes III’s commander in the victory over Egypt. He is said to be the one that had poisoned Artaxerxes III.
Bucephalas
this was a stallion from Thessaly, it brought Philip’s son Alexander’s precocious intelligence into public view.
Corinthian League
it was formed with the intent of attacking the Persians. It had the king of Macedonia as its supreme commander.
Cyrus
he was the younger son of Darius II, and he was serving as a satrap in Sardis, planning to take the crown from his brother for himself.
Isocrates
he was an orator and teacher of rhetoric who had been born before the Peloponnesian War betan and had watched his city fall into tatters. He established Panegyricus (a written speech begging for all Greek cities to recognize their common heritage).
Philip II
he came to the throne of Macedonia the same year Ochus inherited the throne. He was the thirteenth king since Amyntas I had surrendered to Darius the Great, a hundred years before.
