CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Boeotia, Amun, Imperial Cult

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Classics lec # philip and alexander and the hellenistic world: chs 19-21,23. The macedonians who the greeks considered an in between state was posing problems for the thebans. Thebans demanded that macedon send a member from the royal family be sent to thebes so that they could guarantee that the macedonians don"t cause problems. Philip ii was sent to thebes as a hostage. Philip ii became the eromenos (lover) of pelopidas who was a general. Philip ii brothers died and he became king of macedon and with all he had learned from. Sarissa phalanx (new battle formation that gave lengthy killing range) Conquered much of southern greece, and briefly controlled greece under the control of one man: called it the league of corinth established in 338 bc, sparta refused to join the league. In 336 bc philip ii is assassinated by a man named pausanias (who had actually been his young lover)