Monday, February 22, 2010

  • Chose to marry one of the local dancers
  • Alexander was bisexual, which was nothing out of the ordinary for Ancient Greece
  • "The Mother of Cities"
  • Alexander wanted to be worshiped as a god
  • A group of pages wanted to assassinate him, but were betrayed and tortured to death
  • Callisthenes was tortured and crucified for saying Alexander wasn't a god
  • Indian people were a source of rumors and stories to the Greeks
  • Hindu came from the Indus River
  • Alexander celebrated at the place of Dionysus's birth
  • The Kallash are the direct descendants of Alexander's army and the local women
  • Alexander's trek was in winter at night, with snow on the ground
  • They built a bridge over a 500-foot gap
  • Built an altar to Athena-Nike, goddess of victory
  • Horace became his ally because of his bravery in battle
  • Alexander

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