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Antigonus |
Macedonian noble, general, and satrap under Alexander; refused to acknowledge the successor Antipater named ahead of Cassander; died at Battle of Ipsus |
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Demetrius |
son of antigonus; failed siege at Rhodes; king of Macedon from 294-288 after murdering Cassander's son |
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Antiochus III |
Sixth ruler of Seleucid dynasty; restored lost territory for Seleucids; loss to the Roman Empire signifies rise of rome |
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Antiochus IV |
Son of III, king of Greece; tried to take Egypt until Rome stepped in; divine epithets on coins; executed Jews in story of Maccabees |
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Antipater |
regent of Macedonia who declared himself Philip's successor until Alex was ready; great friend and adviser to Alex won the Lamian War |
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Apollonius |
wrote epic poem Argonautica; scholar of the library of Alexandria |
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Apomoira |
a tax of 1/6 on all produce of vineyards and orchards; issued by Ptolemaeus II |
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Argonautica |
epic poem by Apollonius that established cultural mnemonic for Ptolemaic Egypt; story of Jason and Argonauts |
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Aristotle |
genius tutor whom Alexander was very fond of; earliest study of formal logic helped alex develop ethnocentric attitude |
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Arrian |
Greek historian of Roman period who wrote the Anabasis of Alex, largest source on his campaigns |
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Arsinoe |
Cult of Arsinoe developed by husband and brother, Ptolemy II; queen of egypt |
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Battle of Ipsus |
Antigonus killed by Cassander and others; early turning point that stopped Antigonus from expanding and split up his Empire between the victors |
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Battle of Raphia |
one of the largest battles; Ptolemy IV repels Antiochus III at Gaza; Ptolemy secured Coele-Syria for Egypt with victory |
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Buccephalus |
Alex's legendary horse; after he tamed the untamable horse, Philip knew his son would conquer a great kingdom; died at Hydaspes |
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cartonage |
material used to wrap and preserve bodies in Egypt; linen or papyrus glued together |
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Cassander |
son of Antipater; Macedonian king from 305-297; ordered Roxana and son killed to take throne; anti-alex |
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Battle of Chaeronaea |
Philip II defeats Athenians and Thebians; point at which Corinthian League was established and Greek's could no longer resist his rule as he became hegemon |
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Darius III |
King of Persian Empire; unable to control the his large Empire and was defeated by Alexander again and again until his death and Alex's subsequent reign as King of Asia |
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Demosthenes |
Athenian statesmen and orator; spoke out against Philip and Macedonian expansion; tried to start greek revolt against ALex but killed himself when antipater took over |
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diadochi |
rival rulers who fought for control of Alex's empire after his death in 323; Perdiccas, Antipater, Ptolemy, etc.; Beginning of Hellenistic Period |
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euerisia |
greek term for the obligation of the wealthy to act philanthropically |
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Eumenes |
Served as secretary to Philip and Alex; defended throne for Alex's son after death; after Perdiccas died he could not hold his own and was executed by antigonus |
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exiles decree |
Alex decreed that Greek exiles be allowed to return to their cities; Aetolians and Athenians had to surrender these cities |
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Isocrates |
Ancient Greek rhetorician; important historical speech writer who created a school of rhetoric |
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Lamian war |
revolt in Greece after Alex death; Athens and others revolt against Macedon by bombarding Antipater at Lamia Fort; attack put down by Macedonians |
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League of Islanders |
After Antigonus drove Cassander out of Aegan he formed its island cities for an invasion of Greece; Rhodes gave him a fleet |
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Library of Alexandria |
Egypt; one of the largest; major center of scholarship under Ptolemies until the Roman Conquest of Egypt |
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Lysimachus |
body guard of Alex; became ruler of Thrace, Asia Minor, and Macedon; joined Cassander, Ptolemy, and Seleucus against Antigonus; defeated him at the battle of Ipsus |
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Menander |
author of Old Cantankerous who best represented new comedy; plays got huge, especially in Alexandria |
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Old Cantankerous |
Only fully surviving play of Menander; about Sostrato and how he pursues a peasant girl he falls for; theme: wealth is not a barrier, it only comes by luck and what goes around comes around |
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Olympias |
Philip wife, Alex mom; unsubstantiated implications that she had Philip killed; definitely had Cleopatra killed after his death; stoned to death after Cassander ordered her executed |
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ostraka |
ancient pottery with engravings; played a role in determining whether to exile people, engraved their name into the pots and voted |
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Plutarch |
Greek writer; from 46-120AD; huge source of Alex info; wrote series of bios called "parallel lives"; emphasized personality/character over history |
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Ptolemy II |
his reign of Egypt enjoyed a long period of stability and the cultural rise of Alexandria; created ruler-cult when he declared his father a god; deification of first living monarch set precedent for egyptian pharaohs |
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Ptolemaieia |
After Ptolemy I's widow dies, his son inaugurated a festival in their honor; huge festival in Alexandria meant to rival olympics |
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Roxane |
wife of Alex; fathered one child who was murdered; very hot but crazy, murdered Alex's other 2 wives after his death to make her son the heir |
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sarissa |
long spear invented by Philip to be used in phalanxes; Alex's army used it very successfully with a new style of military tactics in which front troops still had some defense |
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satrap |
provincial governor; Darius installed these positions because his empire was so large; responsible for taxes, answered directly to the king; Alexander used this system too |
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Serapis |
greco-egyptian deity fabricated by Ptolemy to unite Alexandria under one god; symbol for the city; Greek in appearance with Egyptian characteristics |
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Syrian Wars |
series of six wars between Seleucids and Ptolemies; drained resources and manpower of both parties paving the way for Roman conquest |
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Theocritus |
creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry |
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Triparadeisos Conference |
321 BC; called at the end of first diadochi war after Perdicas is killed in Egypt; Antipater took over as regent, splits the empire up amongst generals but still basically the same entity with satraps and all |
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Anabasis |
famous work of greek soldier and writer xenophon; tale of large greek mercenary army and their march from Persia to Greece even after the death of their contractor |
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