the hellenistic legacy

The Hellenistic Legacy

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Alexander slashing the Gordian Knot

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Alexander’s Empire after his death

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Ironically, not political, but cultural

Alexander’s Legacy

Hellenistic Contributions

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Artistic, Philosophical & Scientific Accomplishment

Philosophy…EpicuriansCynicsStoics

Science…• Aristarchus of Samos -called the

"Hellenistic Copernicus." • Euclid -geometry.-synthesis of the

discoveries of others• Galen, the first to practice human

dissection• Archimedes, Give me a place to stand

on, and I will move the Earth

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Why? …Such Success in Cultural Achievements

1.Alexander as patron ($)2.Intellectual inquiry - the fusion of Chaldean

(Mesopotamia) and Egyptian science with the learning of the Greeks.

3.New interest in luxury and the demand for practical knowledge

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