- Alexander was near death for a week, but survived and started fighting again
- Alexander's men survived on seafood at Alexander's Harbor, where he built an altar that has never been found
- He started going through the Macron Desert
- There is almost no water in the desert
- Many people died on the way through
- Only about a quarter of the army survived
- He was offered some water, but poured it away in the sand. He said that if they couldn't drink, he wouldn't either.
- It took him 60 days to get through the desert
- He was the ruler of Persia
- Hephaestian (his friend and lover) died, making Alexander almost suicudal
- He moved back into Iraq
- He was deathly ill, and the veterans came to see him one last time
- June 10th, he died
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
3 Biographies
Socrates-
Socrates was a very intimidating man, with long, Spartan-inspired hair and a strong build. He lived a very humble lifestyle, lacking both wealth and placement in the government. Although he did not want to be known as a teacher, he was extremely philosophical, and made others do their own thinking.
Plato-
Plato was one of the most contemplative people that there ever was. He had ideas about politics and philosophy that no one else had, which made them more shocking. His ideals could not be shaken, and he took great pride in his opinion. His main works are doctrines, although several of his works are called 'puzzles' by his students.
Aristotle-
Aristotle was Plato's student, and the teacher of Alexander the Great. He was in the same league as Plato as far as philosophy goes, which is saying a lot. He worked with different types of sciences, many of which are still used today. His main studies were Productive, Practical, and Theoretical Sciences.
Works Cited
Aristotle. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Web. 22 Feb. 2010.
Photograph. Aristotle's Triple Threat Legacy. Professor Julia Evergreen Keefer. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. .
Photograph. Dialogues of Plato. Internet Sacred Text Archive. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. .
Photograph. Socrates on Knowledge. The Epoch Times. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. .
Plato. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Web. 22 Feb. 2010.
Socrates. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Web. 22 Feb. 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
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Notes on Alexander- 2/18/10
- About 12,000 ft
- Plentiful food supply
- The people of Bactrius didn't put up a fight
- Alexander pursued Bessus
- The troops didn't bring enough water to the desert, and they drank the wine supply instead
- That made them hungover, and they got even more lost
- Alexander made homemade rafts and got his men across the river
- A small town they found spoke Greek and had Greek people in it
- Their ancestors fought with the Persians in the war Alexander was out to avenge
- Alexander massacred the whole city, and leveled it
- Bessus had his ears and nose cut off, and was impaled
- Alexander built a statue of Dionysus to mark his farthest border, "Alexandria the Farthermost"
- The locals did not want a Greek empire
- They were a hit and run team of horsemen
- Alexander lost his sight and speech to injuries by them
- He forced his way across the river, and won against the nomads
- 50,000 men went almost to China
- The mountain is 14,000 feet high
- The people surrendered after Alexander's men climbed up the mountain
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Notes on Alexander- 2/17/10
- Carpal has been a battleground for over 2000 years
- The whole museum was looted
- Bessus murdered Darius
- His troops crossed Afghanistan entirely on foot
- Alexander went up the Khawak Pass
- Lack of food and provisions
- Alexander always used local guides
- If they did well, they were rewarded, if they betrayed him, they were killed
- The people Alexander passed had never seen foreigners before
- Ran out of grain, ate the pack animals raw
- Troops suffered chronic fatigue from altitude sickness
Monday, February 8, 2010
Darius the Great's Death
Although Alexander hated Darius, and everything he had done to Alexander's people, this does not seem like the way he wanted his enemy to go. Darius and Alexander wanted a fight to the finish, prove that they were the King of Kings. With Darius chained, stabbed, and on the brink of death, there was nothing to be proven. What made it worse was the fact that, at the end of his life, Darius was helped by one of the soldiers he had hated and wanted to kill. He saw what was happening to Persia, and told the soldier to tell Alexander good luck and thanked him for treating his family with respect. We see that Darius, like Conan O'Brien, was gracious to those that destroyed him.
War Against Darius and Persian Empire
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