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Our first B-side episode, presenting what Alexander may have been taught in Mieza by his philosopher tutors in their own words. Excerpts from Aristotle's Politics and Anaximenes' Rhetoric to Alexander.
Excerpts are:
Aristotle, Politics: Book 1, Ch.1; Book 3, Ch.4; Book 7, Ch.10.
Anaximenes, Rhetoric to Alexander: Ch.1; Ch.2 (sections 1-2 and 26-32); Ch.38 (sections 1-11).
Dates mentioned: 342-c.300 BCE.
Website (bibliography, episode notes, etc): https://alexandriapod.wordpress.comTwitter: @Alexandria_PodBluesky: @alexandriapod.bsky.socialYouTube: AlexandriaPodInstagram: alexandria.podIntro and outro music: "Delphic Hymn to Apollo" as performed by Amber Allayiotis, used with permission.
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342 BCE. The philosophers Aristotle and Anaximenes educate the young Alexander and his designated friends at the Temple of the Nymphs at Mieza. The local devotee of the temple, Theupropos, is not so happy about their presence.
Dates mentioned: 384–334 BCE.
Website (bibliography, episode notes, etc): https://alexandriapod.wordpress.comTwitter: @Alexandria_PodBluesky: @alexandriapod.bsky.socialYouTube: AlexandriaPodInstagram: alexandria.podIntro and outro music: "Delphic Hymn to Apollo" as performed by Amber Allayiotis, used with permission.
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322 BCE. Unnefer, an Egyptian living in Alexandria, hears a story by the herald Eurybates: the early life of Ptolemy the Macedonian. His upbringing, his education in Pella, his service at Chaeronea... and, finally, the sack of Thebes.
Dates covered: 367–335 BCE.
Website (bibliography, episode notes, etc): https://alexandriapod.wordpress.comTwitter: @Alexandria_PodBluesky: @alexandriapod.bsky.socialYouTube: AlexandriaPodInstagram: alexandria.podIntro and outro music: "Delphic Hymn to Apollo" as performed by Amber Allayiotis, used with permission.
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331 BCE. Unnefer and Beknef, two local Egyptian fishermen, watch a weird rambling king found a new city. Plus, an introduction to this podcast.
Dates covered: 331-322 BCE.
Website (bibliography, notes, etc): https://alexandriapod.wordpress.comTwitter: @Alexandria_PodBluesky: @alexandriapod.bsky.socialYouTube: AlexandriaPodInstagram: alexandria.podIntro and outro music: "Delphic Hymn to Apollo" as performed by Amber Allayiotis, used with permission.
