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Alexander the Great

World History, 9St. Anne’s-Belfield

Tuesday, April 16, 13

Alexander the GreatBased on the quotations below, what factors appear to have motivated Alexander the Great?


Alexander the Great

“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.”“An army of sheep led by the lion will defeat an army of lions led by the sheep.”

“At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!”

Based on the quotations below, what factors appear to have motivated Alexander the Great?

“If it were not my purpose to combine barbarian things with things Hellenic, to traverse and civilize every continent...push the bounds of Macedonia to the farthest Ocean, and to disseminate and shower the blessings of the Hellenic justice and peace over every nation, I should not be content to sit quietly in the luxury of idle power”


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_civilization


Macedonia


Macedonia

Peloponnesian War?


Macedonia

Peloponnesian War?

Macedonia?


Ü In 359BCE, what great general and ruthless leader became king of Macedonia?


Philip II



Philip II


By 338BCE, the powerful, shrewd Philip II of Macedonia had conquered the Greek city-states, and ended their independence for centuries to come.


Philip II


By 338BCE, the powerful, shrewd Philip II of Macedonia had conquered the Greek city-states, and ended their independence for centuries to come.

What was Philip’s view of Hellenic (Classical Greek(culture)?


Alexander the Great


Alexander the Great

Ü After conquering Greece, what was Philip’s next goal?


Alexander the Great


Ü Who succeeded Philip and at what age?


Alexander the Great


Ü Who succeeded Philip and at what age?Ü It was left to the ambitious and charismatic

Alexander to launch a campaign against Persia


Alexander the Great

“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.”“An army of sheep led by the lion will defeat an army of lions led by the sheep.”

“At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!”

Based on the quotations below, what factors appear to have motivated Alexander the Great?

“If it were not my purpose to combine barbarian things with things Hellenic, to traverse and civilize every continent...push the bounds of Macedonia to the farthest Ocean, and to disseminate and shower the blessings of the Hellenic justice and peace over every nation, I should not be content to sit quietly in the luxury of idle power”




Alexander’s Greatness



ÜWhat is commonly considered Alexander’s greatest achievement?



•As Alexander moved east conquering all in his path, he had splendid Greek-style cities built--all named “Alexandria”




•In the east, what functions were served by the cities that Alexander built?




•In the east, what functions were served by the cities that Alexander built?

•This blend of Greek and eastern cultures would form the basis for later Hellenistic civilizations including that of the Romans


Hellenicvs.

Hellenistic


Greek Sculpture

World History, 9St. Anne’s-Belfield


Greek Sculpture


Greek Sculpture

• Archaic Period (ca 800-480BC)

• Classical Period (ca 480-323BC)

• Hellenistic Period (ca 321-31BC)


Artifact Analysis• Your task is to analyze the traits of the assigned style of Greek

sculpture and make some inferences about Greek culture at the time

• Some points to consider-

• What is the subject of the sculpture?

• How is the subject portrayed?

• How would you describe the overall style?

• What is the sculpture trying to convey to the viewer? (ie why is the subject portrayed the way it is?)

• What emotions, if any, are visible? What emotions is the sculpture intended to evoke in the viewer?

• What aspects of Greek culture does the sculpture illustrate?Tuesday, April 16, 13

Archaic


Classical


Hellenistic


Greek Sculpture Paragraph


Greek Sculpture Paragraph

• In the evolution of Greek sculpture from the Archaic Age to the Classical, what seems to be the overall stylistic trend? Why?


alexander and hellenistic art 1213

Education

combine barbarian

shrewd philip

style cities

greek sculpture

philip ii

things hellenic

succeeded

lions led