HIST 2850 Lecture 9: HIST*2850 Week 5

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 2850
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Sparta was victor of war and culture compromised so not able to exert (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) anything with victory over athenians (cid:1) Theban hegemony control of peninsula (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) forming alliance. Olympias: married philip ii out of love but also strategic advantage by. Involved in snake cults, hence the story philip found her in bed with. After philip and olympias were married he saw in form of a snake was. Zeus had put the seal of an eagle on her stomach. Mother of future heir to the throne, very interested in son"s position as (cid:1) Zeus king of the gods moment of conception of alexander the great (cid:1) Philip believed this if you read plutarch it seems philip had crazy dreams about olympias (cid:1) (cid:1) heir to philip because it secured her place in court (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) According to family history alexander had divine family history.