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The bodyguard named by Jiang as Philip's killer, later honored by Olympias according to Jiang's argument.
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Pausanias
The bodyguard named by Jiang as Philip's killer, later honored by Olympias according to Jiang's argument.
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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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"...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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"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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"...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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