CLASS 190: Alexander and the Growth of Hellenism

7th Reading Quiz

Part I: Identify two of these three terms. Give me three sentences telling me 1)who, where,or what it is; 2)some species of time frame; and 3)the item's significance for this class. The page numbers are for your own reference.

kardakes (Wilcken, pp. 102-4)

Apis (Wilcken, p. 115)

Demaratus of Corinth (Plutarch, pp. 261-2; 313-4)

Part II: (A single paragraph should handle this nicely) Who wrote this? What does it describe, and why do we care? Once you get past the identification, make an argument from what you see and what you know.

"Probably the new Horace title points to his power outside Egypt or according to Egyptian notions to his world-wide sovereignty, but the emphasis lies on 'King of Upper and Lower Egypt' by which he is specifically claimed as the king of the Egyptian country."