I begin todays episode in the year 358, Phillip is looking to secure some sort of an economic stability for his kingdom so he set his sight on the nearby mines. Then he decides to siege Aphipolis in the year 357, which went really well, for Phillip that is, not so much the Athenians that loved having  some sort of control of the city.I say a few words about the Social War, a nice little whore story, staring our friend Demosthenes and Laida, and some other things that happened in the...

5. The siege of Amphipolis

Hello, welcome to my podcast about Alexander the Great, i am Michalis, together we are going to analyse the life of Alexander the Great. We have a ton to talk about, at the age of 30 Alexander had conquered 2/3 of the known world. He had the equally great Aristotle as a tutor, he was born in Pella, that is, was and forever be Greek. I hope to put out an episode every two or three weeks.If you have any questions or suggestions i would love to hear from you.

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Not Alexanders proudest moment. Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/eloudianos/Donation link:https://alexandroscast.gr/en/donate/

25. The destruction of Thebes

We are in 336. Alexander travels too Delphi to ask Pythia how his Persian campaign will go. Afterwards, he will head north to avenge some of his father's defeats.Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/eloudianos/Donation link:https://alexandroscast.gr/en/donate/

24. Alexander ventures North

While Alexander was in Corinth several people came to greet him. Someone who had better this to do was Diogenes the Cynic. Alexander will order his people to take him to him. Why would he do this? Who is this Diogenes? What does it mean to be a Cynic? and many more questions in today's episode.Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/eloudianos/Donation link:https://alexandroscast.gr/en/donate/

23. Diogenes

We look at Alexanders first actions as King of Macedonia.Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/eloudianos/Donation link:https://alexandroscast.gr/en/donate/

22. Alexander's purge

In this episode we look at the final moments of a great King Phillip the Second of Makedonia.Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/eloudianos/Donation link:https://alexandroscast.gr/en/donate/

5. The siege of Amphipolis

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