Primary Alexander Evidence Flashcards
1
Q
Philip(1)
A
“For me he will leave no great or brilliant achievement to be displayed to the world.”- Plutarch, The Parrallel Lives
Said to companions
2
Q
Alexander(1)
A
“he traced his descent inpart from Ammon.” Arrian, Anabasis
Historical symoathy, importance and significance of this, how some macedonians such as cleitus saw this as him betraying philip, bid for deification.
3
Q
Darrius(1)
A
“In military matters he was the feeblest and most incompetent of men”- Arrian, Anabasis
4
Q
Clietus(1)
A
“he came to himself and seeing his friends standing there speechless…he pulled the spear out of the corpse to kill himself.”-Plutarch, Life of Alexander
