HIST 2100 Lecture 5: HIST Exam Review Notes -Fall term.pdf
19 Nov 2014
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Ap/hist ancient greece & rome december exam review. Passages for comment: plutarch"s life of alexander (section 27) About the author: taught philosophy, most of his biographies were written during the reign on trajan, was a priest in the sanctuary of apollo at delphi. Where did the author live: chaeronea & athens (of which he was a citizen) Signi cance to greek history: alexander believed himself to be the son of zeus, the prophet of ammon greeted him in certain terms which applied that zeus was. This prophet also told alexander not to speak in sacrilege when asking about king. Signi cant because these stories would solidify alexander as a god throughout history. Tells us that the greek myths or superstitions were very important to the ancient. They would travel out of their way to consult oracles and priests of the gods. Alexander always made grand sacri ces to gods, especially his father, zeus.
