Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire - Professor Kenneth W. Harl

Hecatomnid: The dynasty of Carian lords descended from Hecatomnus (c. 404–358 B.C.), who ruled over southwestern Asia Minor down to 326 B.C. hegemon (“leader”): The leading city-state in an alliance. In 546 B.C., Sparta emerged as the first hegemon in the Greek world at the head of the Peloponnesian League. Athens was the hegemon of the Delian League organized in 477 B.C. Hellene: Greek name for themselves from the time of Hesiod (c. 700 B.C.). Hellenic League: See League of Corinth. Hellenistic (“Greek-like”): Denotes (1) the period after the death of Alexander the Great (323–31 B.C.) or (2) the mixed Hellenic-Near Eastern civilization of the same period. Hellenotamias (pl. Hellenotamiai; “treasurers of the Hellenes”): The 10 Athenians elected by the Athenian assembly annually to administer the funds of the Delian League. Hellespont: The Greek name for the Dardanelles, the straits separating Asia Minor from Europe. helot: A slave in the Spartan state; most helots were the private property of their masters, and not state slaves as often surmised in modern scholarly accounts. hetairoi: See Companion Cavalry.

Glossary

hipparchy: The tactical unit (1,000 men) created by Alexander the Great in his reorganization of the cavalry after 330 B.C. homonoia (“concord”): The ideal to unity and peace among the Greeks promoted by Panhellenists.

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Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire - Professor Kenneth W. Harl

Published on Dec 3, 2016History

Sonjce Marceva

In 359 B.C., Macedon was an unstable barbarian kingdom on the fringes of the Hellenic world. Macedon’s kings, members of the Argead dynasty, claimed Greek descent and ruled over a mix of different peoples including Macedonians, but many others as well, none of whom were regarded as Hellenes, or members of the Greek national race. To Greeks, the Macedonians were regarded as “barbarians.” Archaeology has revealed that the Macedonians never participated in the material culture of the Greek world since the Late Bronze Age. Greek immigrants and goods were welcomed, but Macedonians remained a distinct, speaking a language unintelligible to Greek. King Archelaus adopted Attic Greek as the court language, built roads, and established market towns, but his subjects remained in habits far closer to their Balkan neighbors Illyrians, Paeonians, and Thracians.