ARRIAN – THE CAMPAIGNS OF ALEXANDER

Penguin Classics, Translated by Aubrey De Selincourt

[1] At Athens too there was a certain amount of trouble; but resistance collapsed the moment Alexander approached and he was granted even greater honours than his father Philip before him.

Arrian

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“Macedonia and the Rest of Greece” in the ancient Literary & Epigraphical sources

 

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Lion hunt in ancient Macedonia

Lion hunt. Mosaic from Pella (ancient Macedonia); source: Wikipedia

In Macedonia evidence begins with silver coin-types of the fifth century; King Archelaos is said to have been murdered out hunting; Philip II was said (by Arrian’s sources)… ***READ MORE***

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A. Testimonia

(a) In a scene from the Attic comedy “

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* Ernst Badian (1982) “Studies in the history of art Vol 10: Macedonia and Greece in Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Times”

“We have now become accustomed to regarding MACEDONIANS as northern GREEKS’ and, in extreme cases, to hearing Alexander’s conquests described as in essence GREEK CONQUESTS. The former CERTAINLY became TRUE, in Greek consciousness in the course of the Hellenistic

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