Lesson 27 Flashcards
1
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son of Philip; king of Macedonia; founder of a great empire from Greece to India
A
Alexander
2
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philosopher; teacher of Alexander
A
Aristotle
3
Q
Alexander’s horse; “oohed”
A
Bucephalus
4
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Greek poet; wrote “The Odes”
A
Pindar
5
Q
Alexander’s first battle against the Persians
A
battle of the Granicus
6
Q
slashed by Alexander; omen
A
Gordian knot
7
Q
king of Persia
A
Darius III
8
Q
Alexander’s first defeat of Darius
A
battle of Issus
9
Q
Alexander’s final defeat of Darius
A
battle of Arbela
10
Q
wife of Alexander
A
Roxana
11
Q
Indian King
A
Porus
12
Q
“My father will leave me nothing to do!”
A
Alexander
13
Q
“To the strongest.”
A
Alexander
14
Q
an oppressive power
A
yoke
15
Q
tools with long, curved blades
A
scythes