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Heroes, Oracles, and the Gods
Lecture no. 15 from the course: Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire
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Taught by Professor Kenneth W. Harl | 31 min
Alexander famously equated himself with heroic, semi-divine forebears, such as Achilles and Heracles. But did he really consider himself a god? Examine the evidence of Alexander's divine aspirations, and consider whether his emulation of the gods was pragmatic or idealistic....
36 Lectures
1
Alexander the Great-Conqueror or Tyrant?
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2
Greece in the Age of Hegemonies
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of 30 min
3
Achaemenid Persia
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of 30 min
4
The World of Early Macedon
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of 30 min
5
Philip II and the Macedonian Way of War
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of 30 min
6
The Third Sacred War
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of 30 min
7
The Macedonian Conquest of Greece
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8
The League of Corinth
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of 31 min
9
Alexander, Heir Apparent
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Securing the Inheritance, 336-335 B.C.
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11
The Invasion of Asia
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12
The Battle of the Granicus
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13
The Turning Point-Issus and Tyre
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14
Alexander, Pharaoh of Egypt
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of 30 min
15
Heroes, Oracles, and the Gods
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The Campaign of Gaugamela
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17
The Conquest of Iran
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18
Alexander on the Rim of the World
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19
Governing and Taxing the Empire
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20
Alexander and the Macedonian Opposition
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21
The Invasion of India
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22
The Battle of the Hydaspes
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23
Mutiny and Withdrawal
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of 29 min
24
The Gedrosian Desert and Voyage of Nearchus
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25
Deification and Succession
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26
Alexander and the Macedonians-Opis
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27
Alexander and the Greeks-The Lamian War
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The Diadochoi, 323-316 B.C.
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The Partition of the Empire, 316-301 B.C.
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30
The Hellenistic Concert of Powers
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31
Macedonian Courts in the Near East
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The Hellenization of the Near East
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The Monetization of the Near East
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34
Hellenization and the Gods
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The Limits of Hellenization
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36
Alexander the Great and the Shadow of Rome
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