Lessons 26-28 Review Flashcards by Marcia Young

state in northern Greece

Macedonia

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became king of Macedonia; father of Alexander

Philip II

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wife of Philip

Olympias

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close formation of infantry armed with long spears

phalanx

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Athenian orator; warned against Philip

Demosthenes

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“I appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober.”

Macedonian woman

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one who is legally responsible for a minor

guardian

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infantry formation

phalanx

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Macedonia

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son of Philip; king of Macedonia; founder of a great empire from Greece to India

Alexander

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philosopher; teacher of Alexander

Aristotle

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Alexander’s horse; “oohed”

Bucephalus

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Greek poet; wrote “The Odes”

Pindar

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Alexander’s first battle against the Persians

battle of the Granicus

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slashed by Alexander; omen

Gordian knot

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king of Persia

Darius III

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Alexander’s first defeat of Darius

battle of Issus

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Alexander’s final defeat of Darius

battle of Arbela

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wife of Alexander

Roxana

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Indian King

Porus

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“My father will leave me nothing to do!”

Alexander

“To the strongest.”

Alexander

an oppressive power

yoke

tools with long, curved blades

scythes

chariot with blades extending from the wheel hubs

scythe-chariot

Persian provincial governors; officers

satraps

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Granicus River

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Gordium

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Issus

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Damascus

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Syria

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Egypt

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Jerusalem

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Alexandria

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Arbela

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Persia

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Babylon

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Persepolis

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Bactria

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India

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Hydaspes River

a ring with a seal

signet ring

Athenian orator; warned against Philip in his most famous series of speeches, the Philippics

Demosthenes

Demosthenes' speeches against Philip of Macedonia

Philippics

"Do not be discouraged but conquer your difficulties."

actor of Demosthenes

"Let us be equally energetic and unselfish and just, then we shall triumph."

Demosthenes

"I insist that even if it had been known beforehand to all the world that Philip would succeed and that we should fail, not even then ought Athens to have taken any other course if she had any regard for her own glory or for her past or for the ages to come."

Demosthenes

tirade; harsh verbal denunciation

philippic

shaft of a feather, prepared for use as a writing instrument

quill

speaking loudly with persuasive effect

declamation

incapable of being morally corrupted

incorruptible