Glossary
The bodyguard named by Jiang as Philip's killer, later honored by Olympias according to Jiang's argument.
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Pausanias
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Agenitai nor those who nor those to whom such things should be pleasing it is sufficient for me to please the Spartans by doing..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Agenitai nor those who nor those to whom such things should be pleasing it is sufficient for me to please the Spartans by doing..."
Key Notes
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Pausanias’ refusal to mutilate Mardonius shows Jiang’s early-Greek contrast between Greek virtue and barbarian violence.
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Jiang argues that Olympias and Alexander had both motive and opportunity: Philip's death made Alexander king at Macedon's height, prevented Philip from possibly replacing him, and was followed by Olympias honoring Pausanias.
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"Agenitai nor those who nor those to whom such things should be pleasing it is sufficient for me to please the Spartans by doing..."
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"so what he's saying is that we won because the gods favor us why do the gods favor us because we are virtuous because..."
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"And that's kind of strange. Right? Because Philip, he's very good at inspiring loyalty from others. He's also good at reading people. Right? So..."
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"...line of thinking is after the death of Philip's bodyguard named Pausanias, Olympias actually made a monument to him. Okay? And next class, when..."
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"...one of the soldiers says to the king of the Spartans Pausanias Pausanias your uncle Leonidas was killed by the Persians and they put..."
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"Pausanias answered I admired your good intentions and your foresight but you have failed to form a right judgment for having highly extolled me..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Hellenistic World lecture: empire stabilizes itself into stagnation, borderlands beat it with energy and openness, Greece wins as a borderland, then becomes the empire whose universities, cities, and translations...
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Greek culture did not spread because everyone recognized its beauty.
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