Lessons 26-30 Review Flashcards
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Babylon
“I appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober.”
Macedonian woman
speaking loudly with persuasive effect
declamation
Demosthenes’ speeches against Philip of Macedonia
Philippics
shaft of a feather, prepared for use as a writing instrument
quill
Alexander’s horse; “oohed”
Bucephalus
tools with long, curved blades
scythes
tirade; harsh verbal denunciation
philippic
sonf of Ptolemy; built Alexandrian library; had Hebrew Bible translated into Greek; reopened the Red Sea canal
Ptolemy Philadelphus
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Gordium
“I am looking for a man.”
Diogenes
“If I were not going to conquer the world, I should like to have the power which Diogenes has to conquer self.”
Alexander the Great
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Damascus
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Bactria
philosopher; teacher of Alexander
Aristotle
Alexander’s first battle against the Persians
battle of the Granicus
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Macedonia
soft, spongy center of plant stems
pith
painter
Apelles
son of Philip; king of Macedonia; founder of a great empire from Greece to India
Alexander
one who is legally responsible for a minor
guardian
“Never a day without a line.”
Apelles
wife of Alexander
Roxana
Athenian orator; warned against Philip
Demosthenes
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Arbela
philosopher; teacher of Alexander
Aristotle
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Alexandria
one of Alexander’s generals; assumed rule of Egypt in the division of Alexander’s empire
Ptolemy
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Granicus River
“To the strongest.”
Alexander
“My father will leave me nothing to do!”
Alexander
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Persia
slashed by Alexander; omen
Gordian knot
“Do not be discouraged but conquer your difficulties.”
actor of Demosthenes
close formation of infantry armed with long spears
phalanx
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Egypt
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Persepolis
infantry formation
phalanx
straight line passing form opposite edges through the center of a circle or sphere
diameter
chariot with blades extending from the wheel hubs
scythe-chariot
Alexander’s final defeat of Darius
battle of Arbela
philosopher; Stoic school of philosophy
Zeno
Persian provincial governors; officers
satraps
incapable of being morally corrupted
incorruptible
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Issus
Indian King
Porus
tall, aquatic plant used to make a paper-like writing medium
papyrus
last monarch of the Ptolemy line
Cleopatra
became king of Macedonia; father of Alexander
Philip II
“I insist that even if it had been known beforehand to all the world that Philip would succeed and that we should fail, not even then ought Athens to have taken any other course if she had any regard for her own glory or for her past or for the ages to come.”
Demosthenes
philosopher; Epicurean school of philosophy
Epicurus
state in northern Greece
Macedonia
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India
Athenian orator; warned against Philip in his most famous series of speeches, the Philippics
Demosthenes
king of Persia
Darius III
wife of Philip
Olympias
a ring with a seal
signet ring
boundary line of a circle or sphere
circumference
Greek poet; wrote “The Odes”
Pindar
Alexander’s first defeat of Darius
battle of Issus
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Hydaspes River
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Syria
“Sell me to someone who wishes a master.”
Diogenes
philosopher; cynic school of philosophy
Diogenes
an oppressive power
yoke
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Jerusalem
“Let us be equally energetic and unselfish and just, then we shall triumph.”
Demosthenes
