The Greatest Speech in History? Alexander the Great & The Opis Mutiny
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Date: 2022-09-12
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theo
Any modern man with normal levels of testosterone would exchange his meaningless life working a dead-end 9-5 administrative job or some other slave waging job, where is soul is extracted daily through a tube inserted in his neck draining his blood, for a campaign of 12 years fighting the most powerful forces ever seen so far, including the most advanced civilization (and Empire) of the time - the Persian -, across three continents facing unparalleled hardships and near death battles. Even dying in such a scenario would be a thousand times more worthy and dignified than dying in current era's New York City as an old, lonely, divorced, and abandoned by your own people and family, deeply depressed and in an apartment that is not yours. You rent a small, uncomfortable apartment because your slave waging job, where you worked for 40 years, didn't pay you enough to buy two house; and the one house you paid for, your wife took from you when she rape-divorced you 20 years ago.
I would have followed Alexander to the end of the world.
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Any modern man with normal levels of testosterone would exchange his meaningless life working a dead-end 9-5 administrative job or some other slave waging job, where is soul is extracted daily through a tube inserted in his neck draining his blood, for a campaign of 12 years fighting the most powerful forces ever seen so far, including the most advanced civilization (and Empire) of the time - the Persian -, across three continents facing unparalleled hardships and near death battles. Even dying in such a scenario would be a thousand times more worthy and dignified than dying in current era's New York City as an old, lonely, divorced, and abandoned by your own people and family, deeply depressed and in an apartment that is not yours. You rent a small, uncomfortable apartment because your slave waging job, where you worked for 40 years, didn't pay you enough to buy two house; and the one house you paid for, your wife took from you when she rape-divorced you 20 years ago.
I would have followed Alexander to the end of the world.
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Soft_ER
Under Granik, his helmet was cut with a sword that penetrated to the hair. under Iss - a sword in the thigh. under Gaza he was wounded by a dart in the shoulder, under Marakanda - by an arrow in the shin so that the split bone protruded from the wound; in Hyrcania, with a stone to the back of the head, after which his eyesight deteriorated and for several days he remained under the threat of blindness; in the region of the Assakans - with an Indian spear in the ankle. In the kingdom of the Mulls, an arrow two cubits long, breaking through the shell, wounded him in the chest; in the same place. he was hit with a mace on the neck.
Plutarch. On the fate and valor of Alexander, II, 9.
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Under Granik, his helmet was cut with a sword that penetrated to the hair. under Iss - a sword in the thigh. under Gaza he was wounded by a dart in the shoulder, under Marakanda - by an arrow in the shin so that the split bone protruded from the wound; in Hyrcania, with a stone to the back of the head, after which his eyesight deteriorated and for several days he remained under the threat of blindness; in the region of the Assakans - with an Indian spear in the ankle. In the kingdom of the Mulls, an arrow two cubits long, breaking through the shell, wounded him in the chest; in the same place. he was hit with a mace on the neck.
Plutarch. On the fate and valor of Alexander, II, 9.
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Senoj
Alexander's speech is so good in the way hiding his selfishness from his soldiers mind. If he wanted to cherish Macedonia he could have done it inside Greece. But why he waged war only becoz of his own desire to take the world. Even from the past to present many people have and had this same desire to rule the world. Hilter done the same, killed many Jews even his own country people got killed by him. Alexander too killed his own men at some extent. He knows how to handle his people's emotion to fulfill his own desire. Becoz his teacher was Aristotle and many other great scholars.
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Alexander's speech is so good in the way hiding his selfishness from his soldiers mind. If he wanted to cherish Macedonia he could have done it inside Greece. But why he waged war only becoz of his own desire to take the world. Even from the past to present many people have and had this same desire to rule the world. Hilter done the same, killed many Jews even his own country people got killed by him. Alexander too killed his own men at some extent. He knows how to handle his people's emotion to fulfill his own desire. Becoz his teacher was Aristotle and many other great scholars.
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DT
Lol these arent Alexanders words. Good music. Good imagery. But some of the people reacting as if this is a primary source with facts in regards to the speechnot the conquestslol there is no written record. So this is purely artist interpretation. Entertaining video. But thats all it is. His words wouldnt be phrased using 21st century language/syntax too. There are great vowel shifts in history (Old English-Middle English-Modern English etc.
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Lol these arent Alexanders words. Good music. Good imagery. But some of the people reacting as if this is a primary source with facts in regards to the speechnot the conquestslol there is no written record. So this is purely artist interpretation. Entertaining video. But thats all it is. His words wouldnt be phrased using 21st century language/syntax too. There are great vowel shifts in history (Old English-Middle English-Modern English etc.
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WillJM81280
Peoples petty perceived slights of those who have done so much for them never cease to amaze me. Like people who complain about how hard life is living in a country where any food they could possibly want is within reach. Where running water is merely a turn of a knob. Where you can transport yourself 100 miles in an hour, or across the country in 5-6. In their AC & heated homes. Spoiled, ungrateful little children.
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Peoples petty perceived slights of those who have done so much for them never cease to amaze me. Like people who complain about how hard life is living in a country where any food they could possibly want is within reach. Where running water is merely a turn of a knob. Where you can transport yourself 100 miles in an hour, or across the country in 5-6. In their AC & heated homes. Spoiled, ungrateful little children.
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Xi
Fun fact: Alexander is called 'Alakshendra' in Sanskrit (Indians called the Greek emperor that way.
Greeks called Chandragupta (Emperor of India) who won Afghanistan back from the Greeks was called 'Sandrakottos' or 'Andrakottos'.
So Americans and English can call Vladimir Putin 'Vitamin Protein'.
Britain can call Biden 'Job Burden'.
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Fun fact: Alexander is called 'Alakshendra' in Sanskrit (Indians called the Greek emperor that way.
Greeks called Chandragupta (Emperor of India) who won Afghanistan back from the Greeks was called 'Sandrakottos' or 'Andrakottos'.
So Americans and English can call Vladimir Putin 'Vitamin Protein'.
Britain can call Biden 'Job Burden'.
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Antonio
macedonians like the rest of greeks: had greek names, spoke greek, worshipped the same greek gods, named their placenames with greek names, participated in greek olympic games, traced their originis in greek mythical heroes, spread everywhere the greek language and culture, used coins written in greek
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macedonians like the rest of greeks: had greek names, spoke greek, worshipped the same greek gods, named their placenames with greek names, participated in greek olympic games, traced their originis in greek mythical heroes, spread everywhere the greek language and culture, used coins written in greek
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Forthestate
Did he bury the women and children he slaughtered with full honours? The man was a psychopathic egomaniac. Dandamis, the Indian philosopher whom he sought out, had one question for him, to which he had no answer: Why did you come?
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Did he bury the women and children he slaughtered with full honours? The man was a psychopathic egomaniac. Dandamis, the Indian philosopher whom he sought out, had one question for him, to which he had no answer: Why did you come?
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education
Ancient Greek are nothing like this, you should get a native Greek person to read the ancient scripture because the way it is read it is not from a Greek obviously and the letters are pronounced completely wrong -a native Greek
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Ancient Greek are nothing like this, you should get a native Greek person to read the ancient scripture because the way it is read it is not from a Greek obviously and the letters are pronounced completely wrong -a native Greek
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DeadT. V
I'd like to think I give a similar speech from time to time to my Family whenever they want to catch an attitude with me or forget who was the one who worked his ass off their entire life to give them all that they have now.
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I'd like to think I give a similar speech from time to time to my Family whenever they want to catch an attitude with me or forget who was the one who worked his ass off their entire life to give them all that they have now.
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Tr7b
His spreading of Greek culture was his greatest fulfillment.
That histrionics shows Alexander was a conqueror of hearts & minds, not just lands, & makes this more a crusade & less a consolidation of territories.
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His spreading of Greek culture was his greatest fulfillment.
That histrionics shows Alexander was a conqueror of hearts & minds, not just lands, & makes this more a crusade & less a consolidation of territories.
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New
Honestly he sounds like first class grade A ahole in this speech, its very self serving diatribe and what I would expect of a megalomaniac. However such bold leadership may have that a strong character trait.
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Honestly he sounds like first class grade A ahole in this speech, its very self serving diatribe and what I would expect of a megalomaniac. However such bold leadership may have that a strong character trait.
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FinalFirebrand
In a savagely diluted form, he gave some of the best advice for a leader who should believe, do, and espouse its worth:
I ask nothing of you I will not and have not done myself.
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In a savagely diluted form, he gave some of the best advice for a leader who should believe, do, and espouse its worth:
I ask nothing of you I will not and have not done myself.
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Gravewalkers
PITY the diversity peoples. Truly pity them.
Their culture is nothing more than the bitter envious worship of mine.
We are their gods and how it makes them weep.
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PITY the diversity peoples. Truly pity them.
Their culture is nothing more than the bitter envious worship of mine.
We are their gods and how it makes them weep.
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education
That was the most entitled, self absorbed speech I have ever heard. It is no mystery now why he died at the hands of his own men. What a delusional piece of shit!
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That was the most entitled, self absorbed speech I have ever heard. It is no mystery now why he died at the hands of his own men. What a delusional piece of shit!
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pani
How the historian managed to grasp these words of Alexander. It is captivating and making all his subjects think twice to question his judgements 2000 years ago.
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How the historian managed to grasp these words of Alexander. It is captivating and making all his subjects think twice to question his judgements 2000 years ago.
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Jonathan
That's what we need in America. if you served your country and come out with any disability rating you should no longer have to pay any taxes.
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That's what we need in America. if you served your country and come out with any disability rating you should no longer have to pay any taxes.
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Arian
Long live Persia and Persians
The greatest race, people, DNA in the world at all times
Down with Greece, Egypt, Arabs, Mongolia, Rimans
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Long live Persia and Persians
The greatest race, people, DNA in the world at all times
Down with Greece, Egypt, Arabs, Mongolia, Rimans
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fnj006
Sounds like a guilt laden, self-aggrandizing, virtue-signaling, nationalist, violent, whiny freak. And why? Because he WAS. Good riddance.
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Sounds like a guilt laden, self-aggrandizing, virtue-signaling, nationalist, violent, whiny freak. And why? Because he WAS. Good riddance.
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Harry
This man was bred to fight and command armys in war he new nothing else. I wonder how far he would of gone if he wasnt killed by his own.
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This man was bred to fight and command armys in war he new nothing else. I wonder how far he would of gone if he wasnt killed by his own.
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