CLA 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Philippeion, Amun, Gedrosia

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1101
• Professor: Heather Loube

Document Summary

Pythagoras: believed in transmigration of souls, epicurus thought once you died, you were done. Mycenaeans then attacked the spartans and released all the slaves. Spoke and worshipped greek gods but was seen as semi barbaric since they did not dilute wine with water. Kind wanted to compete in olympics but he had to prove that he spoke greek. He was a slave in thebes for 3 years. Acts like a powerful bow on tripod that shoots bolts: helepolis. A term was that he got to marry the warrior princess of illyria. Had a daughter who the princess trained as a cavalry women: epirus. Marrital alliance with the sister of the kingdom. Philip and the sister had alexander the great and cleopatra: thessaly. Two spate marriage alliances: produced a son. Said to have survived a poising from the mother of alexander (did not want him to have a change to inherit the throne)