Modern Historians - The Panhellenic Crusade of Alexander the Great
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Modern Historians – The Pan-Hellenic Crusade of Alexander the Great *Ulrich Wilcken, “Alexander the Great (The Norton Library) ”, page 89 Alexander undertook as his first duty the liberation of the Greek cities of Asia Minor from the Persian yoke. page 91 Everywhere the liberation from Persian rule was greeted with enthusiasm, and Alexander celebrated as the liberator . page 94 The first point of the Panhellenic program had been quickly achieved: the Greek cities of Asia Minor were freed from the Persian yoke and incorporated in the Corinthian league . page 116 his desire was here, as in the case of his previous conquests, to pave the way for Greek culture. *N.G.L Hammond , The Genius of Alexander, Page 18-19 He adviced Philip as the ruler of the strongest state in Europe to bring the city- states into concord, lead them against Persia, liberate the Greeks in Asia and found there new cities to absorb the surplus population of the Greek mainland. Page 31 His remark ‘if i were not Alexander, i would indeed be Diogenes’ carried the meaning ‘if i were not already King of Macedonia, President of Thessaly, the favourite of the Amphictyonic league and Hegemon of the Greek community’. *N.G L Hammond [1989] “Alexander The Great”,
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