CLASSIC 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Ecclesiastical Latin, Lybia, Hegemony
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After the peloponnesian war 404 438. Athenians seek alliances against philip: no one cares. Philip keeps sparta out of the way. Serves as grave marker for 253 skeletons. Philip ii with son alexander and macedoneans vs. athenians and thebans. Super popular: possible more popular than homer. 3 diff versions of the greek version of this text. Earliest we have is 3rd c. ce. Was translated into latin then spread out. Then translated into church latin, then french, then many other. Each time it was translated they weren"t true translations: the story probably changed somewhat. Starting at the beginning: alexander"s 3 fathers. Proclaims alexander is son of zeus ammon: maybe due to mistranslation. In story his true father: not reality. Fled: historical sources: to ethiopia, romances: to macedon. The king in egypt will return as young man. Makes it seem as though alexander was no foreigner to egypt. Homer = bases of his education: aristotle"s iliad.
