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Introduction to Greek and Roman History

Introduction to Greek and Roman History. Lecture 10 Alexander and Hellenism. Johann-Gustav Droysen Treptow, 1808 – Berlin,1884. Hellenism From the death of Alexander (323 BC) to the battle of Actium (31 BC). The image of Philip. Alexander’s campaign, 334-323. 336 : Accession to throne

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Introduction to Greek and Roman History

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  1. Introduction to Greek and Roman History Lecture 10 Alexander and Hellenism

  2. Johann-Gustav Droysen Treptow, 1808 – Berlin,1884

  3. Hellenism From the death of Alexander (323 BC) to the battle of Actium (31 BC)

  4. The image of Philip

  5. Alexander’s campaign, 334-323 • 336: Accession to throne • 334: Battle of Granicus • 333: Battle of Issus • 332: Sieges of Tyrus and Gaza • 332: Alexander in Egypt • 331: Battle of Gaugamela

  6. Cyrus’ tomb, Pasargadae

  7. Alexander and Achilles

  8. Alexander’s sarcophagus

  9. Alexander’s sarcophagus

  10. The image of Alexander

  11. Alexander as Zeus Ammon

  12. Alexander and Zeus Amnon

  13. Egyptian Amun

  14. Zeus Ammon (on a tetradrachm from Cyrenae)

  15. Alexander’s cities

  16. Strabo XVII.9 In the Great Harbour at the entrance, on the right hand, are the island and the tower Pharos, and on the other hand are the reefs and also the promontory Lochias, with a royal palace upon it; and on sailing into the harbour one comes, on the left, to the inner royal palaces, which are continuous with those on Lochias and have groves and numerous lodges painted in various colours. Below these lies the harbour that was dug by the hand of man and is hidden from view, the private property of the kings, as also Antirrhodos, an isle lying off the artificial harbour, which has both a royal palace and a small harbour. They so called it as being a rival of Rhodes. Above the artificial harbour lies the theatre; then the Poseidium — an elbow, as it were, projecting from the Emporium, as it is called, and containing a temple of Poseidon. To this elbow of land Antony added a mole projecting still farther, into the middle of a harbour, and on the extremity of it built a royal lodge which he called Timonium. This was his last act, when, forsaken by his friends, he sailed away to Alexandria after his misfortune at Actium, having chosen to live the life of a Timon the end of his days, which he intended to spend in solitude from all those friends. Then one comes to the Caesarium and the Emporium and the warehouses; and after these to the ship-houses, which extend as far as the Heptastadium. So much for the Great Harbour and its surroundings.

  17. Alexandria, Ptolemaic Sphinx

  18. Coin depicting the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus (230-200 BCE)

  19. The Mediterranean and Persia after Alexander

  20. Lysimachos as Alexander as Zeus Ammon

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