24. Alexander the Great and the Old Testament

[@monadyne]

Until relatively recent times, this is what getting a college education was like: you'd sit there in a large hall, listening week after week to a series of long lectures on various topics, delivered by erudite scholars. While none of the subjects may have been relevant to what you ended up doing for a living, you emerged from the college experienced as an educated lady or gentleman, and that education gave you an immensely broad context from which to view the world and thus to address the challenges that arose in you given profession.

[@petersack5074]

Good observation, Mona ! For another good, historical ' read '. Google / download '' 10 Books on Architecture, " by a man named Vitruvius. Another very good , rounded view of an architect ; needing to know ' music ' , art, geography, climate and the weather environments, and most important, GEOMETRY . Alot more than todays' narrow field of expertise . Take care, of all within your power !. (old guy)

[@dgrayman6637]

It’s so sad that we’ve lost that.

[@davidfreeman9838]

I wonder how long you had to wait to use that word.

[@monadyne]

@@dgrayman6637 It got lost because people stopped valuing a rounded education like that.

[@davidfreeman9838]

@@monadyneit got lost because there was no inherent value in an education like that. It’s useless beyond the ability to use obscure words to create a false feeling of superiority. Nobody cares how smart you think you are.

[@ChristIsSalvation]

One of the best exegesis for the John 1:1. Especially your understanding of the words logos and pros.. And even more the exegesis of the last part which depicts the significance of the word structure in this verse. Well done.

[@Cyrus52]

"Greek was the lingua franca of the ancient world." That is the most profound statement in the whole lecture. Thank you Professor Gore.

[@alexandernabiulin9912]

The first example of globalization in history ❤

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺You didn't know it was? Actually, it was the lingua franka of the empire, not outside of it. Only 1 correction: Alexander was good to the Greeks because he WAS Greek. Fyi Macedonians were 1 of the 4 races of Greeks (Yavan/Ion) called Kittim (ancestors of the Achaeans). The Romans/Italics were also 1 of the 4 races of Greeks, called Dodanim (ancestors of the Dorians). Therefore, Romans were just another extension of the Greek world, which brought us and lead Christianity

[@jovangorgi]

A-lek-san-dar means gift of easy dream in any Slavic language. It beats your version protector of man gay cocksucker etc.

[@computron808]

@@EasternRomeOrthodoxydo u think that the Macedonians were the lost tribe of mannasha ? (My spelling maybe incorrect)

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@computron808 Oh God, no...don't believe all those ridiculous Protestant lost tribe theories, these are heretic nonsense. All of today world jewry are all the tribes of Israel, only that most of them left the religion, and not counted as Jews (like Zionists), and except from the Cohens and Levites, we don't know which belongs to what tribe, that's all. I already told you who were the Macedonians = Kittim, 1 of the 4 races of Ionians

[@MichaelAlberta]

Bruce Gore is a solid teacher.

[@mydogsbutler]

Not really. He made a lot of mistakes in this video.

[@bwh1718]

Wow... as a new college student, (from personal experience of course) we do not get genuine teachers or professors that are able to explain their knowledge as enthusiastically and clearly as you. You have a clear passion for not only the subject matter but for teaching it in a way that is interesting and understandable. I may be slightly biased because I enjoy what your teaching, but nevertheless, we need more teachers like you teaching these upcoming generations, which are few and far between now. I found this video to be very valuable and informative, thank you.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺Only 1 correction: Alexander was good to the Greeks because he WAS Greek. Fyi Macedonians were 1 of the 4 races of Greeks (Yavan/Ion) called Kittim (ancestors of the Achaeans). The Romans/Italics were also 1 of the 4 races of Greeks, called Dodanim (ancestors of the Dorians). Therefore, Romans were just another extension of the Greek world, which brought us and lead Christianity

[@marcgottlieb9579]

Alexander WAS the son of a god..After defeating Egypt he became Pharoah..He visited the tomb of his father and was presented the Emerald Tablets..His father was Thoth..

[@marcgottlieb9579]

@@EasternRomeOrthodoxy kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5zPnomnjKahg6M The Wrath Cometh...Before the end of 2023.

[@marcgottlieb9579]

@@EasternRomeOrthodoxy kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5zPnomnjKahg6M The Wrath cometh...Before the end of 2023..

[@marcgottlieb9579]

As part of the civilian team that found our binary Star system 15 years ago and tracked it every day since..Destruction upon the Earth will happen in late 2023..

[@aktrapper6126]

Excellent teaching Mr. Bruce Gore, I enjoyed the Greek lesson at the end as much as the history lesson at the beginning. Thank you.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺Only 1 correction: Alexander was good to the Greeks because he WAS Greek. Fyi Macedonians were 1 of the 4 races of Greeks (Yavan/Ion) called Kittim (ancestors of the Achaeans). The Romans/Italics were also 1 of the 4 races of Greeks, called Dodanim (ancestors of the Dorians). Therefore, Romans were just another extension of the Greek world, which brought us and lead Christianity

[@RB-bj9ms]

@@EasternRomeOrthodoxy Think I'll stick with Mr. Gore.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@RB-bj9ms Because you are a Protestant, not a Christian😼

[@MamaMiaBurrito]

@@RB-bj9ms The Macedonians were as Greek as the Athenians and the Spartans were.

[@nixter888]

Julius Caesar never disliked Alexander...the opposite he was very found of him! So, when Caesar read about Alexander’s life, he burst into tears. Perhaps the more ambitious of us ought to cry with him. “His friends were surprised, and asked him the reason of it. ‘Do you think,’ said he, ‘I have not just cause to weep, when I consider that Alexander at my age had conquered so many nations, and I have all this time done nothing that is memorable?’”

[@GoreBruce]

Yes indeed! Thanks for the clarification!

[@waynerobinson2301]

Bruce Gore i just found you . Im an old man and not educated but find a keen intrest in getting a handle on this subject . I wonder if your book or these talks are keyed in some manner as the slides perhaps ? I guess that is a question as im toying with ordering the book except its a paperback and they seem to fall apart in my roughhands .

[@ruthwishart8645]

Wayne Robinson l hope you got his book and are enjoying it...l was touched by your comments.

[@AlexandertheGreat033]

The ones who get it, get it. The ones who don’t never will. And it explains why there life is so shitty and they are shitty individuals. Those of us get it. Alexander got it, and Caesar got it because of Alexander. Everything we know Caser for never happens without him seeing the Alexander Statue.

[@vincentho3964]

Thank God for videos such as these that is available to a wide audience worldwide. Thank you very much ❤. Greetings from Singapore !

[@matimus100]

Is Zeus you're personal God belief?

[@whatsup2310]

John 1:1 is one of the tightest pieces of literature ever written. There is such meaning in it. This examination of the verse in Greek has added dimensions I had not experienced through the English translations

[@trajcepiperkoski7492]

There were not any Greeks at thet time,stop laying and sheeting .

[@Lottanubs]

I'm watching this mainly for the history. Very good format! Your lecture is very easy on the ear, and the visual aids are great!

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you!

[@jovangorgi]

@@GoreBruce A-lek-san-dar means gift of easy dream in any Slavic language. It beats your version: protector of man, gay, cocksucker etc.

[@sues3218]

Thank you for this wonderful teaching. My 9th grade daughter is learning about "Alexander the Great" at the moment, and I added this teaching to her lessons. Very well done. I am trying to connect biblical times with the world history timeline we are studying. This was a great addition. God bless.

[@GoreBruce]

Sue s Thank you! Say hi to your daughter, and encourage her for me to study hard and enjoy learning!

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@mujahid6986 I believe that that interpretation is not true, and Dhul Karnyn is a different person. Not all Muslim scholars say it's Alexander, only some

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺Only 1 correction: Alexander was good to the Greeks because he WAS Greek. Fyi Macedonians were 1 of the 4 races of Greeks (Yavan/Ion) called Kittim (ancestors of the Achaeans). The Romans/Italics were also 1 of the 4 races of Greeks, called Dodanim (ancestors of the Dorians). Therefore, Romans were just another extension of the Greek world, which brought us and lead Christianity

[@dosangsang7525]

always a blessing to listen to your teaching prof. Gore

[@MountainXoyGangsta74]

Professor Gore, I would just like to thank you for putting these videos online. It's a true act of compassion to share a deposit of information of historical and theological significance in the public forum freely. While I'm sure it's done for academic reasons, contributing to the pool of knowledge is a virtue much under valued these days and when I have nothing else to occupy me I look forward to (for example) actually learning who Diocletian is, you've proven an excellent resource in my independent studies. Keep up the good work.

[@GoreBruce]

+Ky-O Thank you!

[@petersack5074]

9:40 Aristotle, really put the ' throttle ' onto Alexander, .....didn't he ? ......for those 2 jam-packed educating, ambition-driving years ! HE placed, the ' ignition spark '' into Alex. And years later, proved Aristotles' teachings abilities. VERY good presentation, SIR > ! You have the gift, of an ancient Roman Orator.......posititve, on all fronts - voice inflection, use of words, etc. Way to go ! 👍 ✌ 🖖💥

[@markandapps]

Thank you Professor Gore. A sign for me to learn the Greek language. To read the gospel in its original text.

[@GoreBruce]

+MarkAndApps As you may know, I offer an online course in Greek, available for a very modest tuition, which is available at my website (www.brucegore.com). Just click the 'Learn Greek' button in the upper right to learn more!

[@violenceisthemarkofthedumb3145]

WHY DON'T YOU GO LEARN MACEDONIAN! [1] "Neither Greeks nor Macedonians considered the Macedonians to be Greeks." [2] On the composition of Alexander's army: "Thus we look in vain for the evidence that Alexander was heavily dependent upon Greeks either in quantity or quality." [3] "The pattern is clear: the trend toward the end of the king's life was to install Macedonians in key positions at the expense of Asians, and to retain very few Greeks." [4] "The conclusion is inescapable: there was a largely ethnic Macedonian imperial administration from beginning to end. Alexander used Greeks in court for cultural reasons, Greek troops (often under Macedonian commanders) for limited tasks and with some discomfort, and Greek commanders and officals for limited duties. Typically, a Greek will enter Alexander's service from an Aegean or Asian city through the practice of some special activity: he could read and write, keep figures or sail, all of which skills the Macedonians required. Some Greeks may have moved on to military service as well. In other words, the role of Greeks in Alexander's service was not much different from what their role had been in the services of Xerxes and the third Darius." [5] On the policy of hellenization with Alexander conquest of Asia and the Greek assertion that he spread Hellenism: "If one wishes to believe that Alexander had a policy of hellenization - as opposed to the incidental and informal spread of Greek culture - the evidence must come from sources other than those presented here. One wonders - archeology aside - where this evidence would be." On the ethnic tension between Macedonians and Greeks, referring to the episode of Eumenes of Cardia and his bid to reach the throne: "And if there were any doubt about the status of Greeks among the Macedonians the tragic career of Eumenes in the immediate Wars of succession should put it to rest. The ancient sources are replete with information about the ethnic prejudice Eumenes suffered from Macedonians." [6] On the issue of whether Alexander and Philip "united" the Greek city-states or conquered them: "In European Greece Alexander continued and reinforced Philip II's policy of rule over the city-states, a rule resulting from conquest." [7] "The tension at court between Greeks and Macedonians, tension that the ancient authors clearly recognized as ethnic division." [8] On Alexander's dimissal of his Greek allies: "A few days later at Ecbatana, Alexander dismissed his Greek allies, and charade with Greece was over." [9] On the so called Dorian invasion: The theory of the Dorian invasion (based on Hdt. 9.26, followed by Thuc. I.12) is largely an invention of nineteenth-century historography, and is otherwise unsupported by either archeological or linguistic evidence." [10] "The Dorians are invisible archeologically." [11] "There is no archeological record of the Dorian movements, and the mythic arguments are largely conjectural, based on folk traditions about the Dorian home originally having been in northwest Greece. [12] "The explanation for the connection between the Dorians and the Macedonians may be more ingenious than convincing, resting uncomfortably on myth and conjecture." [13] On the Macedonian own tradition and origin: "As the Macedonians settled the region following the expulsion of existing peoples, they probably introduced their own customs and language(s); there is no evidence that they adopted any existing language, even though they were now in contact with neighboring populations who spoke a variety of Greek and non-Greek tongues." [14] On the Macedonian language: "The main evidence for Macedonian existing as separate language comes from a handful of late sources describing events in the train of Alexander the Great, where the Macedonian tongue is mentioned specifically." [15] "The evidence suggests that Macedonian was distinct from ordinary Attic Greek used as a language of the court and of diplomacy." [16] "The handful of surviving genuine Macedonian words - not loan words from Greek - do not show the changes expected from Greek dialect." [17] On the Macedonian material culture being different from the Greek: "The most visible expression of material culture thus far recovered are the fourth - and third-century tombs. The architectural form, decoration, and burial goods of these tombs, which now number between sixty and seventy, are unlike what is found in the Greek south, or even in the neighboring independent Greek cities of the north Aegean littoral (exception Amphipolis). Macedonian burial habits suggest different view of the afterlife from the Greeks', even while many of the same gods were worshipped." [18] "Many of the public expressions of worship may have been different." [19] "There is an absence of major public religious monuments from Macedonian sites before the end of the fourth century (another difference from the Greeks)." [20] "Must be cautious both in attributing Greek forms of worship to the Macedonians and in using these forms of worship as a means of confirming Hellenic identity." [21] "In brief, one must conclude that the similarities between some Macedonian and Greek customs and objects are not of themselves proof that Macedonians were a Greek tribe, even though it is undeniable that on certain levels Greek cultural influences eventually became pervasive." [22] "Greeks and Macedonians remained steadfastly antipathetic toward one another (with dislike of a different quality than the mutual long-term hostility shared by some Greek city-states) until well into the Hellenic period, when both the culmination of hellenic acculturation in the north and the rise of Rome made it clear that what these peoples shared took precedence over their historical enmities." [23] "They made their mark not as a tribe of Greek or other Balkan peoples, but as 'Macedonians'. This was understood by foreign protagonists from the time of Darius and Xerxes to the age of Roman generals." [24] "It is time to put the matter of the Macedonians' ethnic identity to rest." [25] "There is other aspect of Alexander's Greek policy, and that is his formal relationship with the Greek cities of Europe and Asia. In European Greece Alexander continued and reinforced Philip II's policy rule over the city-states, a rule resulting from conquest. As for the island Greeks and the cities of Asia Minor, their status under the reigns of Philip and Alexander has been much debated. Fortunately, for my purposes, the status of these cities, whether as members of Philip's panhellenic league or as independent towns, is not crucial, as they were in fact all treated by Alexander as subjects. Much of the debate on this issue, while interesting and occasionally enlightening, has sometimes obscured a simple reality: Greeks on both sides of the Aegean were subjects to the authority of the king of Macedon." Ethnicity and Cultural Policy at Alexander's Court. Makedonika [26] "I have not cited several pieces of anecdotal evidence from the sources on Alexander that establish the continuing tension at court between Greeks and Macedonians, tension that the ancient authors clearly recognized as ethnic division. A fuller version of this study will consider these incidents to support my view that Greeks and Macedonians did not get along very well with one another and that this ethnic tension was exploited by the king himself." Makedonika p.158 [27] "What did others say about Macedonians? Here there is a relative abundance of information", writes Borza, "from Arrian, Plutarch (Alexander, Eumenes), Diodorus 17-20, Justin, Curtius Rufus, and Nepos (Eumenes), based upon Greek and Greek-derived Latin sources. It is clear that over a five-century span of writing in two languages representing a variety of historiographical and philosophical positions the ancient writers regarded the Greeks and the Macedonians as two separate and distinct peoples whose relationship was marked by considerable antipathy, if not outright hostility."

[@markandapps]

Sir I can't find Learn Greek on your website. Do you have specific link sir? I'm going to enroll. Thank you.

[@GoreBruce]

Thanks for your interest in Greek. Please go to my site, www.brucegore.com, and click the Green icon in the upper right corner. That will get you under way!

[@markandapps]

I found it already sir. It's only marked Greek and not Learn Greek. I am available only on weekends, will there be deadline for me when to finish the Greek course? And if by God's grace I get to finish the course and pass, will be there be a certificate sir?

[@annavsmith1]

Etymology of the name Thessaloniki, Makedonia ,Greece: The city was founded by Kassander and it was named in honour of his Wife, Thessaloniki, half sister of Alexander the Great & daughter of Philip II & 5th wife of Princess of Thessalia; Composite of words "Thessalians" & "Nike" (victory), to commemorate the victory of the Macedonians & the Thessalians against the tyranny of Feres and their allies, Phocis.

[@Lion-rs2qy]

Yes well said Anna

[@Lion-rs2qy]

@Hi S that doesn't involve you , for you are not of hellanistic identity and culture, The Great Alexander lll of Macedon son of Phillip ll of Macedon and Olympia of Epirus. I'm am a direct descent of ARGOS And of true blood. My FORFATHERS were of hellanism And have a long line of Hellenic Roots going back 3000 to 3500 years . In reality and the truth my Hellenic bloodline comes from Crete, from the minoans for they Were my true blood and history

[@syrenaxhaferi7278]

@Voskre Glavincevska No , the dna can be tested...slavs may have entered greece at some point and represented some tribes but native south europeans did not speak anything close to slavic or look slavic and they still don't

[@conm87]

@Voskresija Glavin hahaha! Find me a source (not from North Macedonia), that confirms this. Historical documents (non slavic) to this day use Thessaloniki, Saloniki or Salonica as the name of the city (the last two are a shortened derivative). We have ancient writing that use Thessaloniki and Solun doesn’t show up until the Bulgarians and Serbians entered the Balkan region. Solun is the Slavic exonym of the city.

[@konstantinosviron2289]

Lion 1968 / I AM OF HELLENIC DESCENDANTS. . . Mother and father from MACEDON . . . . I know this much we are DORIANS . . .thank u

[@adilsonqueiroz8391]

I've been searching for a deep teaching on that subject and haver found. Thank you professor.

[@DanielWayne-fl3dj]

This man needs to be my history teacher

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺Only 1 correction: Alexander was good to the Greeks because he WAS Greek. Fyi Macedonians were 1 of the 4 races of Greeks (Yavan/Ion) called Kittim (ancestors of the Achaeans). The Romans/Italics were also 1 of the 4 races of Greeks, called Dodanim (ancestors of the Dorians). Therefore, Romans were just another extension of the Greek world, which brought us and lead Christianity

[@Ftj92]

@@EasternRomeOrthodoxyonly 1 correction: Christianity began in Jerusalem, the Israelites brought us Christianity 🙂

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@Ftj92 Oh...you don't say...fyi I speak Hebrew fluidly, so I believe I know it before you did lol. We're talking about Christianity as an official institutialized church, and you know it wiseguy. Only the sect of Jews lead by Jesus brought us Christianity, not the "Israelites" who rejected it as a majority🤦‍♂️ Btw Protestants aren't Christians😁

[@Ftj92]

@@EasternRomeOrthodoxy I will spell it out for you logically, the apostles were descendants of Jacob - Israelites, Jesus is an Israelite. Christianity as an institution was given to us by Jesus in Matthew 16:18. The church is the bride of Christ for all of eternity. Europe contributed nothing to Christianity, it all comes from Christ. Go read your Bible brother.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@Ftj92 No, you go read it, fool. And don't tell me things I already know to try to look smart lol. The apostles and Christian sect in Judea didn't represent the majority of Israelites, genius. Learn how to read too. And don't try to tell me about who Israelites were since you don't even know the ancient Hebrew text as I do)) Christianity was brought us officially by ROME from the hands of the apostles- case closed. You Protestant heathens aren't even Christians so don't even talk about religion, and concentrate on history instead (until u repent)

[@xmariner]

Thank you. I needed that. My father had a Masters in Divinity and was a Lutheran minister until he died 2 years ago. He had this ability to take the dogma, concepts, and the Bible, and made it understandable to all. I am not as well versed, but I am confident that there's not too many lay people that understand like I do, which gives me confidence to state my beliefs, even if a little cheekily. This is sorely needed in today's times.

[@yktrixta07]

Just to be clear, there was no such thing as a unified Greece of the time as it exists in our present time, but all city states were ethnically Hellenic. Any talk of Macedonians not being Hellenic is absurd. They were considered "non-Greek" by the standards of the Athenians who considered themselves culturally superior compared to any other city state. In-fighting has unfortunately been a part of Greek history which continues even today, but have no doubt of the Hellenism of Macedonia. For example, Sparta and Athens were at war with each other for years, yet one is not less Hellenic than the other.

[@Lion-rs2qy]

I think your misunderstanding or maybe you don't want to know the truth. This is what Phillip ll of Macedon was out to achieve. Unity of all Hellenic kingdoms AND prepare a campaign into Asia.. He achieved capturing All except for one , the Spartans. Phillip did become the king of Greece , and this is where your Possibly misunderstanding what is the difference Between Greek And HELLENE. NOTHING , THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE , FOR HELLENE IS THE TRUE NAME AND GREEK IS A SLANG WORD GIVEN BY THE ROMANS WHICH STUCK So HELLENE, HELLENES, HELLENIC . PHILLIP DIDNT RULE FOR VERY LONG AND SON ALEXANDER III OF MACEDON THEN TOOK THE THROWN . IT WAS HERE BETWEEN PHILLIP AND ALEXANDER IN THIS PERIOD THAT HELLAS , ELLADA WAS CREATED AND UNITED COUNTRY OF HELLANISM . SO YES IT WAS A COUNTRY A UNITED COUNTRY

[@Lion-rs2qy]

The spartan / Athenian wars were prior , way prior before Alexander and those wars were over when the Macedon kingdom rose to power

[@Lion-rs2qy]

@Hi S which kings are you talking about for all FORFATHERS of Alexander WERE HELLENIC H ELLE ΗΝΕS Η ΕΛΛEΗΝΕΣ IT WAS WRITTEN IN REALITY HELLEHNES There are only two chosen nations Israel, and Hellas Accept it

[@Lion-rs2qy]

Yes there was , Phillip ll of Macedon United all states under the ARGEAD dynasty or even known as the Corinthian league . Just like George Washington did in the US . They were then a United nation

[@Lion-rs2qy]

Well said my brother and referring to yktrixta07

[@Lavender-blue80]

Apparently Alexander, having observed Philip’s military successes, is supposed to have said to Philip, “father has left me no more worlds to conquer.”

[@jovangorgi]

Bullshit, He said before he went to India beacause he was faceing his death due to illness and said to his close generals. I am sorry that there is no more worlds for me to conquer.

[@jenniferdavid8538]

I heard this was said by ATG years ago.

[@primalway1317]

Excellent lecture. Captivating. I stopped what I was doing and paid strict attention. I had no choice in the matter. One of those stand out moments in life when you are gifted with a morsel of mana. Thank you.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

Wow! That ended faster than I wanted it to.

[@hipqban169]

Really don’t care about church or religion but I like listening to this guy...very good history teacher

[@michellebanik3689]

Your teachings are amazing! I'm learning so much with great enjoyment. Thank you

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺Only 1 correction: Alexander was good to the Greeks because he WAS Greek. Fyi Macedonians were 1 of the 4 races of Greeks (Yavan/Ion) called Kittim (ancestors of the Achaeans). The Romans/Italics were also 1 of the 4 races of Greeks, called Dodanim (ancestors of the Dorians). Therefore, Romans were just another extension of the Greek world, which brought us and lead Christianity

[@red.falcon9717]

This was the first of your lectures I found while I was taking Greek History. Now I’m just going back through all your lectures for fun. I greatly enjoyed your Philosophy series as well.

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you! I appreciate hearing from you!

[@JohnPKING-nj8nc]

"This was the first of your lectures I found while I was taking Greek History. Now I’m just going back through all your lectures for fun. I greatly enjoyed your Philosophy series as well." DvořákDvořák

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@JohnPKING-nj8nc Bot?))

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺Only 1 correction: Alexander was good to the Greeks because he WAS Greek. Fyi Macedonians were 1 of the 4 races of Greeks (Yavan/Ion) called Kittim (ancestors of the Achaeans). The Romans/Italics were also 1 of the 4 races of Greeks, called Dodanim (ancestors of the Dorians). Therefore, Romans were just another extension of the Greek world, which brought us and lead Christianity

[@ianmcdonald8648]

Interesting. The Word was WITH God - Face to face. Beautiful. And so Christ has brought us into this truth as our inheritance in Him. Thank you brother.

[@brokumis5317]

I watched this lecture series again and again. Thank you so much . it is very deep.

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you!

[@VisionClearly]

Professor +Bruce Gore, I absolutely appreciated the detailed explanation of the "Logos" in the Greek.

[@GoreBruce]

+Jaison J. Raju Thank you!

[@mazzolaro1]

logos is also the word for reason in greek too friend, prof gore forgot to mention this.

[@GoreBruce]

Thanks for the additional insight!

[@luanpebro8142]

Profesor Gora wher you from,

[@luanpebro8142]

You know why am asking, because evrything you seing is no't the tru,, and you now thet, what languang was speeking beafor the Alexsander, larning the Greek,, and why today in macedoni no't speeking Greek,, the speeking Albenian, and after the Sllave is coming to the Ballkny the start to speek Serbian,, so Profesor you don't know nothing abot the Histori,, live the Histori for the now the tru, am talling something to you Profesor,, you know one ather thing,, in Grees the most of the popole is autokton from Albenia, the call Arvanites,, the Greek stilling the Alfabet from as,, so Profesor whu payen to you to speeking for something you don't know,, Larisa,, Thraca Selaniku,, Arta,, Pelopenesi Thiva,, Elefsina,, Argosi,, Kastoria,, Evia,,Kreta,, the most older palace in Athina is call Plaka,, thet mens older ledy,, the are All autoktons in Athins,, the speek and today Albenian Language,, beafore the Greekis is coming from Bavaria,, chek the Histori Profesor chek,,

[@peyiots]

Well done. Greek was the language of modernity then, and transnational. It was Greek that enabled the transformation of a Hebrew sect into a world religion. Pros = Prosopon (face). I commend you on your teaching passion.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺Yes. Only 1 correction: Alexander was good to the Greeks because he WAS Greek. Fyi Macedonians were 1 of the 4 races of Greeks (Yavan/Ion) called Kittim (ancestors of the Achaeans). The Romans/Italics were also 1 of the 4 races of Greeks, called Dodanim (ancestors of the Dorians). Therefore, Romans were just another extension of the Greek world, which brought us and lead Christianity

[@nathanhenry.]

Greek language is very direct as a posed to other languages that have slangs that could hold more than one meaning.

[@newlightforgod]

Man ive watched historical context, history of church philosophy and church history so many times. SO GOOD!

[@wewuzirlyriliansandshiiit6123]

Vardarska banovina inhabitants (both Albanians and Bulgarians) migrated to the Balkans centuries after Alexander the GReat was dead and they can't be related to the Macedonians or any other Greeks *MACEDONIA® IS GREECE*

[@AhavaSarahTV]

Wow! I would have loved to have taken your course in Greek. It would be profound to study the NT through the lens of the Greek language.

[@GoreBruce]

If you are interested, I have developed on automated Greek course for people who lack the opportunity to take a formal course in college or seminary. You can ask any questions about it by email at [e-mail]. Thanks again for your encouraging words!

[@AhavaSarahTV]

@@GoreBruce Wonderful. Thank you 😊🙏

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺Only 1 correction: Alexander was good to the Greeks because he WAS Greek. Fyi Macedonians were 1 of the 4 races of Greeks (Yavan/Ion) called Kittim (ancestors of the Achaeans). The Romans/Italics were also 1 of the 4 races of Greeks, called Dodanim (ancestors of the Dorians). Therefore, Romans were just another extension of the Greek world, which brought us and lead Christianity

[@samanderson6619]

Thank you! The Old Testament is surely a primary resource for the historical events spanning hundreds of years. I hope to use your brilliant presentation to shed light upon a friend who winces if I mention any facet of Christianity.

[@RichWoods23]

Your friend will wince again if you describe Daniel as prophecy. Can you work out why?

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

So glad I stumbled across this series.... it’s excellent! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@claytonbenignus4688]

Here would be an excellent place to mention The Septuagint. Still, I like the Conclusion involving the Greek Word "LOGOS" .

[@rhmendelson]

What is the music playing at the end? It’s lovely! 🥰 Great video explanation, you tied everything together nicely!

[@AR-zp4sl]

I used the Shazam app to identify the tune…it is called “Intervention No 8” by Simon Wynberg. 😁

[@jerbellows]

​@@AR-zp4sl The correct attribution to Johann Sebastian Bach Invention No. 8 in F BWV779 from his work titled "The Well-Tempered Clavier" Simon Wynberg is the guitarist/arranger in the recording.

[@jonathanlechman]

Well said Pastor! To be well rooted in Christ Jesus is THE PRUEST MOTIVE. Thank you,your friend Jon

[@onurekici938]

what a delightfull source of knowledge?

[@RealBonnieBlue]

The Macedonians were themselves Greeks who were the buffer state of the Greek world that had retained its Homeric Style kingdom. The southern Greeks thought of them as a backwater prior to their rise to prominence in the Greek world. Chaeronea had two opposing sides, a) the Greeks led by the Athenians and b) the Greeks led by the Macedonians as both sides were comprised of all Greeks depending on who had what alliances. Macedonia did not confront the 'Greeks' any more than the Spartans confronted the 'Greeks' at Coronea. Demosthenes warned Athens because Athens, like Thebes and like Sparta did not want another State to rule over them or take first place among the Greek states above them. The taking of hegemony over the rest of the Greek states was always bloody. Any future 'revolts' were no different to the revolt of Athens against Sparta etc. Overall a great vid. Thank you.

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you very much for the quite competent review!

[@Lion-rs2qy]

@Arthur Valkan For your information it wasn't 600 , so why don't we make it 700 , and in a couple of months we'll make it 800 It was 400 years bird brain . AND who will get a big surprise I TELL YOU now it won't be the hellenes . Enjoy your time left And we'll leave it at that.

[@baits9301]

macedonians were macedonians as the word says macedonian .

[@RealBonnieBlue]

@@baits9301 And Spartans were Spartans and Athenians Athenians but they were ALL Hellenes (Greeks) who shared the same language the same culture, same etymologies, same religion and so much more. The Macedonians didn't only identify as Greeks they identified as the Greekest of Greeks.

[@baits9301]

we are just macedonians not greeks , never were or want to be .macedonia was never eer art of what greece is today before 1913 . seems strange millions of macedonians world wide with macedonian churches all over the globe , macedonians in albania , greece , bulgaria even turkey who have been seperated for over 100 years still call themselves macedonias who speak the same language . macedonians have been speak slavic macedonian for over 1000 years and it was not part of what greece is today . macedonia was divided 1913 into4 parts . 1.5 million anatolian christian turks settled as refugees from turkey into southern macedonia 1923 that spoke turkish the ones greeks raped . greeks today are half turkish . anatolians spoke turkish like your grandfather ask him .

[@joeGuizan]

Refreshing and nourishing...🎉🎉🎉 Thanks🙏🙏🙏.

[@brianlynnthomas9881]

Good stuff and I loved the Sunday school lesson.Thank you

[@jameshattaway7017]

Outstanding! Thank you so much!

[@djtheo8555]

Alexander the great in Corinth conference 373bc "By the unification of the hellen states we will be able to concurre persia" The letter of Alexander to the king of persia darius "U did great harm to my ancestors the greeks it is the time to take revenge for all the harm u have caused"(Hirudotus...p23)

[@Lion-rs2qy]

I love your Comment and all is true but just want to correct you on one little thing . Alexander lll of Macedon wasn't born yet in 373 bc and it was his father Phillip'll of Macedon who organised this meeting in Corinth Yes it was Alexander who sent this letter to DARIUS

[@thucydides7849]

@@Lion-rs2qy alexander did however reaffirm the treaty of Corinth

[@Lion-rs2qy]

@@thucydides7849 Yes he did

[@Lion-rs2qy]

@Voskre Glavincevska Really , so where did your ever so intelligent theory NOT , COME FROM

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

Voskre Glavincevska You are one delusional Bitch. Go see a Psychiatrist and take Medication, you NEED it ASAP !!

[@jd-gw4gr]

bruce does it again: outstanding!

[@BrianTHOMAS-ei8fu]

Brother, thank you for the blessed sunday school lesson, amazing!

[@annavsmith1]

ATTIC Greek is the Prestigious Ancient Greek dialect, and it's the 1st Case of Diglossia, Spoken by the GR Nobility, that became the basis of KOINE Greek, the LINGUA Franca Of the Hellenistic Period. The Inscriptions Found in PELLA, Macedonia, GR, indicate that there was NO Other written Language in Ancient Macedonia but Ancient Greek...The Pella Curse Tablet suggest that Ancient Macedonian was a variety of the North Western Ancient Greek Dialects...

[@Lion-rs2qy]

They spoke what was very similar if not exactly the same dialect as the Spartans, Corinthians, the illyrians , thracians, Epirotians, Thessalonians, and Alexander fell in love with Attic that he made it the official dialect for all Hellenes

[@Lion-rs2qy]

Yes , The Great Alexander lll of Macedon made this official and the official dialect for all .

[@captainjacksparrow370]

The variety you're referring to was a form of doric dialect

[@rickyg8462]

The GOAT...greatest of all time...it's written

[@DebVandekraats]

Would like to know the bible passage read by Bruce Gore before each lesson. After 65+ years of reading the bible, l continue to be educated in God’s amazing story. Thank you !!

[@jonnyvincent2236]

Surely the most interesting thing about Alexander is found Josephus’ account of his dealings with the Jews. God was the one who commissioned Alexander and the one who gave him his success! He used a pagan to reshape the known world. That’s pretty amazing, at least to me.

[@yorgoskep4608]

Macedon was not located North of Greece but IN northern Greece! Macedonians were proto- Greek tribes in the North of Mt. Olympus who gradually expanded to all directions by conquering both Greek and non-greek tribes.

[@kingoziel]

Yorgo Skep No. The Greeks referred to them as savages and in the accounts of Plutarch and other historians, they always made distinction of the “Macedonians” and the “Greeks”. Modern Greeks want to own Alexander so bad that they pervert history

[@kimmcroberts5111]

Thank you for your work!

[@jonathanlechman]

Phillips's phalanx is brilliant. Alexander's speech...legendary.

[@Borzoi86]

Thank you. Watching this highlights the linguistic and logical base provided for all western societies by the Greek language. Makes me also remember with affection my patient professor of Greek in college, Norman R. Ericson.

[@GoreBruce]

I have fond memories of my Greek professor as well. I took Greek as an undergraduate in college, and was truly a mediocre student. He would be astonished to learn that 50 years later, I still remember any of that stuff!

[@humbertolatorre171]

Perdiccas III is not the father of Philip II as mentioned in minute 2:43 of the presentation, but his brother. Both plus Alexander II were the 3 sons of Amyntas III of Macedon. All of whom (Alexander II, Prediccas III and Philip II) became king of Macedonia one after the other.

[@marbet2395]

Philip II wasn' the son of Perdicca III!!! He was the son of Amintha III, who had three sons: Alexander II, Perdicca III and Philip II. Perdicca III was the elder brother of Philip, who died against Illiryans, leaving a child, Amintha IV ( Alexander's cousin) too young to reign... So Philip started reign for him and then was recognized as the Macedonian king.

[@gradskiselanec4796]

Mar Bet you should be teacher no this professor who laying everything, Greek no existent in that tame, was Hellenic, but he is paid good money to laying and washing brains to yangs, They bring Greece to bankruptcy to sell bullshit history.

[@marbet2395]

@@gradskiselanec4796 thank you! But Greeks existed for sure (archeologically proven in so many ways!) ever since the Bronze age (XVI BC) because Myceneans were Greeks (Linear B proves it). Greeks is simply the way western countries called The Hellenes taken the term by the Latin word Graeci (Greek Γραικοι). Hellenes = Greeks. Hellas = Greece. In eastern country the Hellenes were called Ionas (Yawna, Yauna, Yawana, Yuan). Different names for the same population that surely exists ever since the Bronze Age till nowadays. Greek civilization has about 3500 years and for sure, culturally speaking, was the greatest ever existed in ancient Europe (+Asia and North Africa, were there other more ancient cultures). Alexander was Greek.

[@jasnajazz]

@@marbet2395 Alexander was Macedonian who adopted Hellenic language and culture.

[@marbet2395]

@@jasnajazz Macedonians were Greeks, at least mixed

[@vaska1999]

​@@jasnajazz He was as Greek as anyone from Sparta or Samos, or Kos. Macedonians were Hellenes, as were the Athenians, et al.

[@anggie10ful]

Excellent class! Gracias!

[@saliksayyar9793]

He never went to India of today. He was in Afghanistan and Pakistan and turned back at the border of Pakistan and India at the rover Sutlej . He fought Poros in Pakistan across the river Jhelum and was wounded in the Pakistani city of Multan and then sailed down the river Indus to its delta near the Pakistani city of Karachi and then turned west towards Iraq across the Pakistani district of Mekran where his treasure and encampment was washed away by a cloud burst.

[@Ulas_Aldag]

The macedonians themselves were hellenistic, just like the Ionians or the western colonies of magna graercia. Pretty odd to distinguish between greeks and macedonias, it`s like seperating the bavarians from an overall german identity.

[@jasnajazz]

It's not odd to distinguish at all. Macedonians were Macedonians as the name of the country implied MACEDONIAN EMPIRE. It is the modern Greece propaganda that wants to present Alexander of Macedonia as Greek that make people difficult to distinguish.

[@gregntavlis6521]

@@jasnajazz back to your cave troll

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@jasnajazz🤺☦🇷🇺Pure ignorance. Alexander was good to the Greeks because he WAS Greek. Fyi Macedonians were 1 of the 4 races of Greeks (Yavan/Ion) called Kittim (ancestors of the Achaeans). The Romans/Italics were also 1 of the 4 races of Greeks, called Dodanim (ancestors of the Dorians). Therefore, Romans were just another extension of the Greek world, which brought us and lead Christianity, as the biggest step before redemption. The Greeks (Ioanians) were a family of 4 races that became distinct nations, that is why they were named Macedonians, the same way that the Romans were - putting the name of their kingdom were their capital was, as the modern name of their race and nation. The other 2 races were Elisha (Aeolians = Hellas), and the Etruscans (Tarshish)

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

Correct. Macedonians are Kittim, 1 of the 4 races of Greeks

[@austinlittke5580]

​@@jasnajazzMacedonians were greek. The greek mainlanders also distinguished Boetia as kindve this foreign entity calling them boetian swine etc but i dont think anyone would be so stupid as to not consider thebes greek. Same with Macedon. Macedonians, however, did have a more removed and separate culture than most mainland greeks as is evinced by their most striking contrast which is they hated homosexuality and pederasty. I have this funny joke based on that from before Phillip where Athens and Sparta were at the peaks of there power which kinda goes like The Greek Empire: "We love homosexuality", Tiny Neighboring Macedonia Foreign Policy: "We hate homos!" lol its funny cus Macedonia was like an ant to them and yet developed a deliberately confrontational policy begging to be attacked lol

[@thomasarthurmaj]

Amazon! Alexander’s presence in Daniel’s prophecies is a marvel to behold.

[@RichWoods23]

Not at all marvellous. The consensus of scholars is that the Book of Daniel was compiled in 167-164 BCE. It doesn't appear in the Hebrew Bible, dated to 200 BCE, but is referenced in several works from the middle of the 2nd century BCE onwards. To the book's anonymous author, his prophecies were simply a matter of history, written to support the Apocalyptic Judaism of his day.

[@olddrunkbastard1825]

I love those outro's, I anticipate the music every time

[@johnhough9593]

Not only was Alexander a great commander, he also led from the front. Often leading the decisive charge himself, he was wounded by every weapon of the time. Crazy… lucky, but crazy cool.

[@annavsmith1]

The name MaKedonia derives from the GR Μακεδονία (Makedonía), a region, named after the ancient Makedonians. Their name, Μακεδόνες (Makedónes), is cognate to the Ancient Greek adjective μακεδνός (makednós), meaning "TALL, SLIM".

[@iscanderbegkastriota3956]

What the fuck...? You sure love, surly you got it wrong somehow ...I think by my linguistics studies that (MAKE-MATE-MADE-MACE-MAQE)=You of all +(DONIA-TONIA-JONIA)= this is ours...=means Macedonia= the greatest.. and they roots from Illyrians (DarDanians)+Pellasgians(Epirotes+Ionians)+Thracian means they all spoken the same language....they never needed a translator among each other.

[@hellenicfire3775]

@@iscanderbegkastriota3956 The name comes from Μάκος +δονία. Big land in ancient Greek history rapers

[@efijordanidou1695]

@емза братот blöd mann slavs albaner

[@kirilibarvalos554]

Makedonia derives from the God Makedon.

[@marbet2395]

Anna you are right. Tall probably was referred to the territories, for the mountains. Maybe Makedoninians was something like "highlanders"

[@kefalosthomas6889]

Excuse me professor, but, what culture did Alexander spread to the East?

[@velkomarul7802]

he forgot to mention Macedonian

[@jetskieildon7174]

But Alexander the Great was Macedonian and not Hellenic nore Greek

[@Nahrin_Assyrian]

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE,how the expansion of Alrxander is considered something GHREAT,yet when it comes to the expansion of Assyria its ALWAYS pictured as BRUTAL ‼️‼️‼️

[@chalupabatman1803]

The Assyrians pictured themselves as brutal… what are you talking about? People like the Persians were able to create a state where they were able to be lenient and forgiving because of the Assyrians being so brutal and murderous. The Assyrians carved into rock what they would do to you if you ever revolted. Alexander was a butcher but let’s not pretend like the Assyrians were something kind…

[@chalupabatman1803]

The Assyrians were literally so violent I don’t understand why you even commented this. Sounds like coping to me

[@kingkashi5151]

Even though both were brutal expansionists, the Assyrians were far more violent than Alexander ever was.

[@Jesusandmentalhealth]

Great teaching! And you are a great speaker!

[@VredesStall]

Perhaps my biggest "what if??"... is just how far Alexander really could have gone had he not died so unexpectedly and at such a young age... just as he was really starting to hit his stride. No doubt he would have easily taken the emerging city/states of Carthage and Rome ... and who knows just how much further Alexander would have gone once he turned is eyes (and his army) towards the west... ...and just how much different the history of western Europe (and the word in general) might have been or turned out had Alexander drove his proud & mighty army deep into the heart of Europe and spread the Greek language & culture to the "Pillars of Heracles"... and beyond.

[@steviechampagne]

We would be 1000 years ahead. The men who rule the world from the shadows had him assassinated to prevent Western Man from ascending at a much more rapid pace

[@RichWoods23]

He was forced by his own troops to stop the war of expansion eastwards. His surviving Macedonians were exhausted after ten years of campaigning and wanted to see their homes and their families again; they didn't want to have achieved all that they did but won no reward for themselves. Having turned back, Alexander spent his final year in Persia, very probably drinking himself to death, or at least weakening himself so much that he fell prone to several diseases in that period. He had an ambition to launch a new campaign south into Arabia but his primary means of achieving it was much lessened, so to suggest that he would have had any way, if he hadn't died, of starting a new war in the west and being as successful there as in the east, is speculative at best.

[@tonycamaj4560]

@@RichWoods23 "He had an ambition to launch a new campaign south into Arabia". Is this universally accepted? If not, source please?

[@user-zo7sh4gk8h]

My question to you professor is, do you believe Ancient Macedonia was Greek DNA or backwater DNA as you say? Because all evidence of their culture, art, ancient Greek alphabet concludes they were Greeks. When you think of a Greek tomb in Greece if you know and care about history, your head thinks of Vergina tomb because everything inside is all Greek culture.

[@GoreBruce]

Macedonia was viewed as a 'backwater' by those living in the Greek Peninsula at the time in question. It has nothing to do with DNA.

[@hroververi728]

@@GoreBruce professor, I think you have not read Herodotus, the first historical writer, carefully and maybe you have not visited Aiani, Aigai and Pella.Aiani is a mycenean city with stronghold as Mycenae and Argos

[@kingnebuchadnezzar6626]

May I ask for prayer for Wisdom from the Father to speak boldly and wonderfully the Gospel and His Story here? Thanks. Thank you for free Bible Study! Love ❤️ God Father and Lord bless!

[@alanbutler7712]

Fantastic ending!!!

[@kefalosthomas6889]

Excuse me professor, but what nationality was Alexanders father?

[@jasnajazz]

He was Macedonian.

[@rickyg8462]

The Diadochi...the original Game of Thrones

[@rickyg8462]

Theo Petrakis it's an amazing, shocking, and very complicated and intriguing part of history...Ptolemy is my favorite successor...Cassander the most hated

[@rickyg8462]

Yeah, I heard about the tomb...Historic and very important...I heard about the female skeleton...Strong possiblity of it being Olympia...I hope u finish ur script...The Diodochi story needs to be told

[@rickyg8462]

Yeah, buddy

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

You Protestants are sooo shallow...🤦‍♂️

[@dustinpage123]

Great video. Thank you

[@Alekosssvr]

Excellent! Even in modren Greek when we "why did you do that?" or "for what reason did you do that?" we say "για πιο λόγο". Λόγος is metaphorically and directly what brings meaning to our life and actions.

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you! I've been a student of koine Greek for many years, but am woefully behind in modern Greek! I appreciate that insight.

[@user-pj7sq7ce1f]

@@GoreBruce Erasmus way to say koine greek is wrong. We greek orthodox use koine greek 2000 years in church in all our say hymns readings prays . When we ask the erasmeans when we supposed change the way he say our language no answer from them

[@robertalpy9422]

Issus and Gaugemela went about the same. You could.use the fresco of the battle of issus and interchange it with Gaugemela. In both cases the battle ended when Alexander got close enough to Darius to throw a spear at him. Missing barely in both cases. Darius really was in a position to cut of Alexander and his companion cavalry in both cases. Had Darius not fled at issus he probably would have been able to kill Alexander. Same at gaugemela. Darius was a tragic figure. He deserved a better death and Alexander did him justice by punishing his betrayers, adopting his family and burying him as a king. Darius' mother loved Alexander so much that when she heard he died she walled herself in her rooms and starved herself to death.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺She didn't, that is a ridiculous myth. Only 1 correction: Alexander was good to the Greeks because he WAS Greek. Fyi Macedonians were 1 of the 4 races of Greeks (Yavan/Ion) called Kittim (ancestors of the Achaeans). The Romans/Italics were also 1 of the 4 races of Greeks, called Dodanim (ancestors of the Dorians). Therefore, Romans were just another extension of the Greek world, which brought us and lead Christianity

[@nwchrista]

Demosthenes, the Athenian politician, was not the General in charge of the Athenian army. He was, however largely responsible for bringing the Athenian envoy to Thebes to join forces against the menace of Philip II (who entrusted his 18 year old son, Alexander to the left wing...with (and protected by) his best generals and commanders and the Companion Cavalry). A general named Stratocles led the Athenian left. The Theban Sacred Band held the right against the Macedonian army. Alexander certainly had his hands full and was noted for an exemplary performance on the battlefield that day, but it was Philip's victory. Demosthenes was the most virulent anti-Macedon proponent of his day though. Has this guy ever even read a book on the era?

[@spleen8834]

He has not read them but he's slept with all of them under his pillow

[@austinlittke5580]

i agree, he gets so much wrong its like he just copied notes from wikipedia without having actually done any in depth reading or research. If i was in his class and he was giving this lecture id have to stop him at least 10 times to correct him or clarify misleading statements he gives. Great speaker, not going to call him a great professor because as a professor its ur job to give facts and be objective, which he does neither very well

[@danlawrence7269]

Love the explanation of the word logaus

[@dafflad1]

Another solid message - ironclad- hugs

[@user-zo7sh4gk8h]

Alexander was Greek. Alexanders lineage to be exact migrated from Argos which is in the Peloponnese...

[@robertalpy9422]

The Greeks at the time disagreed though now they're happy to claim him. His hair and eye color suggests a Celtic bloodline and there has been some speculation that the Macedonians were celts displaced by Germania tribes and forced south into thracian territory were they came out the better over the thracians though both peoples never stopped fighting eachother for long.

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

@@robertalpy9422 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@mosescola4174]

He was Greek but was born in pella, Macedonia. He was most likely conceived in pella but has Greek lineage.

[@VredesStall]

@Στέφανος-Παὐλoς Bάσκας If I am not mistaken... the Ancient Greeks of the Peloponnese (including the Argives and Spartans) were the direct descendants of the Dorians. That being said... if the Ancient Macedonians were the descendants of the Dorians... would it be fairly safe to assume that the Ancient Macedonian Language would be a sister-language to that Doric Greek spoken by the Argives & Spartans?? 🤔🇬🇷🤔

[@mosescola4174]

@@VredesStall It doesn’t matter the genetic lineage of Alexander all that matters is that he was great and he did what he did in order to conquer the world. His legacy shall forever live on in ambitious men. Alexander the Great is THE warrior king. The Greek culture and way of life shall forever live on in modern day society so ya gotta put some respect to Greek culture.

[@johnbatziolas780]

The Macedonians are fellow Greeks, Athens and Macedonia is a heated rivalry in my country born from Phillip II and Alexander the Great's time. Sure there were Greeks who hated Alexander who he imprisoned and slaved but Alexander spread our culture and civilization and ideas for the main reason he was Greek, and the proudest Greek of us all, he wasn't Vardarska Slav. Simple as that and youse all know it.

[@GoreBruce]

Can't argue with that!

[@johnbatziolas780]

Exactly, but overall good work, As a Greek myself from Thessaly south from Macedon I naturally feel complimented that you like my language and learnt it, you enjoy teaching my language and my culture from our Ancient achievments and people, I'm not being arrogant but we opened the eyes of the world I think and made it what it is today.

[@wisedragon173]

Giannis Batziolas you are right. The ancient Greeks and the Greek cites had many infights. The Athenians called for example Spartans Barbarians not because they were not Greek but because just they wanted to Insult them. The same goes for Macedonia. Alexander and Philip, the nobility of Macedonia were without a doubt Greek.

[@jasnajazz]

They were Macedonians as the name implies.

[@johnbatziolas780]

@@jasnajazz Of course they are Macedonians (who are ethnically Greek!)

[@shuiqlazam]

Blessed are you in the eyes of the lord. For you are a messenger - I've read Strabo, Manetho, Pliny, Herodotus, the Egyption book of the dead, the pyramid texts (i dig the 42 negative confessions) and recently just finished Breasted 5 volumes Egypt - I'm now working through the 3 books on Hermes Trismegistu by Mead - I'm on Book 2 of Hermes (Thoth) by Mead now and I was stumped early on with Poermandres the Shepard of Men - when he's explaining the creation myth the book kept saying (Logos) in parenthesis... thanks to you, I now know better how to interpret this book better relative to that (devine word) because of the Greek use of Logos! Blessed be you! Thank you for imparting your knowledge.

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you!

[@shuiqlazam]

Hi Bruce - I think you would really enjoy reading the Poemandres - The Shepard of Men. It's the first story in book 2 of the Hermes Trismegistu (thrice great Thoth) - It's not very long but very interesting relative to scripture (enoch) - It's one of the Egyptian creation stories less known. Most likely related to the Egyptian God Ptah (the creator god) - who brought forth the world with the word (Logos) - you can get book two from here - archive.org/search.php?query=Thrice%20Greatest%20Hermes - Volume 2 by G.R.S Mead. God Bless as we continue on our search for God's Wisdom (Logos). Matthew 6:33

[@nicopolis7377]

Excellent lecture !!!

[@annavsmith1]

You should Mention That Greece did NOT exist as an Ethnos, as it was Made up Of City States, Including Macedonia; It was Philippe 's idea to Combine all these Federal States into The United States Of Greece, Which Alexander Accomplished, and Spread Hellenism all the way to Afghanistan! The Official Language in 4th C BC Became ATTIC Greek used by the Aristocracy vs DORIC Greek.

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you! Helpful!

[@brenatobrenato6797]

@@GoreBruce Macedonia was never grek show me the greek term people race in histori bible books maps before 1821 1829 pleas show me?

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

Brenato Brenato Lollll 🤣

[@kirilibarvalos554]

Macedonia wasn’t and never belonged to the Hellenic/Greek city states. Macedonia was separate state and kingdom. Macedonia conquered the Hellenic city states and united the city states to conquer the Persian Empire. There is a clear difference between Macedonia and the Greek city states. Any Greece as such never existed and Hellas is a completely different region than Macedonia and again Macedonia was a state/kingdom. You should know the difference.

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

Kirili Barvalos WRONG!!! They were always Greeks & they claimed it themselves: "There are Greek troops, to be sure, in Persian service - but how different is their cause from ours! They will be fighting for pay - and not much of it at that; we, on the contrary, shall fight for GREECE, and our HEARTS will be in it. As for our FOREIGN troops - Thracians, Paeonians, Illyrians, Agrianes - they are the best and stoutest soldiers in Europe, and they will find as their opponents the slackest and softest of the tribes of Asia. And what, finally, of the two men in supreme command? You have Alexander, they - Darius! -Alexander the Great "Alexander, son of Philip and the Greeks, save the Lacedaimonians, set up these spoils from the barbarians dwelling in Asia." -Alexander the Great "Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the REST of GREECE and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the GREEKS, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you." -Alexander the Great "But as things are, forgive me Diogenes, that I imitate Herakles, and emulate Perseus, and follow in the footsteps of Dionysos, the divine author and progenitor of my family, and desire that victorious GREEKS should dance again in India and revive the memory of the Bacchic revels among the savage mountain tribes beyond the Kaukasos.." -Alexander the Great Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictyony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians… and of all the Hellenic peoples, join your fellow-soldiers and entrust yourselves to me, so that we can move against the barbarians and liberate ourselves from the Persian bondage, for as Greeks we should not be slaves to barbarians. -Alexander the Great "Tell your king (Xerxes), who sent you, how his GREEK viceroy of Macedonia has received you hospitably." -Alexander I "For I (Alexander I) myself am by ancient descent a Greek and I would not willingly see Hellas change her freedom for slavery." -Alexander I "Such was the end of Philip (II, king of Macedonia) ...He had ruled 24 years. He is known to fame as one who with but the slenderest resources to support his claim to a throne won for himself the greatest empire among the GREEKS, while the growth of his position was not due so much to his prowess in arms as to his adroitness and cordiality in diplomacy." -Diodoros Siculus "This is a sworn treaty made between us, Hannibal ... and Xenophanes the Athenian ... in the presence of all the gods who possess Macedonia and the REST of Greece ." -Hannibals Treaty [Polybius The Histories] "Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece." -Strabo "However, for a very long time the Aetolians, together with the Acarnanians, stood firm, not only against the Macedonians and the OTHER GREEKS, but also finally against the Romans, when fighting for autonomy." -Strabo "He did this to lift the yoke from Israel, for it was obvious that the kingdom of the GREEKS was subjecting them to slavery." -Josephus (Mac) "And there came out of them a wicked root Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king, who had been an hostage at Rome, and he reigned in the hundred and thirty and seventh year of the kingdom of the GREEKS." -Josephus (Mac) Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because of your magnanimity and your virtues in other respects? -Plutarch Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect to suffer any harm from me. -Alexander the Great "Yauna Takabara" in Persian referring to the Greeks wearing the Shield Hats (Kausia) that the Macedonians specifically wore. -Persians “He inflicted punishment on the Persians for their outrages on all the Greeks, and how he delivered us all from the greatest evils by enslaving the barbarians and depriving them of the resources they used for the destruction of the Greeks, pitting now the Athenians and now the Thebans against the ancestors of these Spartans, how in a word he made Asia subject to Greece. -Polybius For if all the wars which we have carried on against the Greeks are to be despised, then let the triumph of Marcus Curius over king Pyrrhus be derided; and that of Titus Flamininus over Philip; and that of Marcus Fulvius over the Aetolians; and that of Lucius Paullus over king PERSES; and that of Quintus Metellus over the false PHILIP; and that of Lucius Mummius over the Corinthians. -Marcus Tullius Cicero "The empire of Greece belonged to the Athenians, the Athenians were overpowered by the Spartans, Spartans were overcome by the Thebans the Thebans were conquered by the Macedonians and the Macedonians in a short time subdued Asia in a war and joined her to the empire of Greece." -Marcus Tullius Cicero “Then your rivals in the struggle for supremacy and renown were the Achaeans and Macedonians, peoples of your own race, and Philip was their commander. But now Greece is threatened with a war against men of a foreign race who intend to enslave her, 8 men whom you fancy you are calling in against Philip, but are calling in really against yourselves and the whole of Greece.” -Polybius “For in their anxiety to get the better of Philip and humiliate the Macedonians, they have without knowing it invoked such a cloud from the west as may, perhaps, at first only cast its shadow on Macedonia, but in time will be the cause of great evil to all Greece.” -Polybius "Such, at all events, were the opinions generally entertained in the reign of Alexander III the Great, at a time when Greece was at the height of her glory, and the most powerful country in the world." -Pliny the Elder PS...your name is Greek today because of the very Fact that the Macedonians spread the Greek Language all over the Ancient World, and the New Testament was written in that Language. When the Byzantines fucked up your Bulgayrian Ancestors and poked your eyes out, you eventually submitted to Christianity... Thus your name: Kirili (Gypsy Bulgay transliteration) comes from the original Greek = Kyrillos, which it actually means something in 🤓 Read & Cry Now: www.behindthename.com/name/cyril Bye now little insignificant Tartaro Bulgay shitstain...🤓🖕🤣

[@thomaszioudros181]

Yes they are Greeks

[@danaanceski550]

No teare not Greeks teare Macedonians.

[@vassilenatanadjikova6188]

Excellent work! Bravo!

[@jonathanlechman]

See: Isaiah 45:17 for Cyrus and Cenophon. On to Dorians My favorite musical mode. Thank you,your friend Jon.

[@KeithShuler]

Thank you I enjoyed the lecture. However, in my opinion Hannibal was a greater general than Caesar, although I put them both behind Alexander.

[@GoreBruce]

Yeah...that is certainly a matter worthy of debate!

[@KeithShuler]

Bruce Gore Absolutely!

[@knutdergroe9757]

Hannibal himself said, Alexander was a good tactician and a great strategist. Phillip was a great tactician. Hannibal was a great tactician, And questionable strategist. He did lose, In the end....

[@gradskiselanec4796]

Thank you because you washing brains for yang generation with fake history, even you no bollive what you teach, but Sam body payed.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺I disagree. According to biblical logic and prophecy, Caesar was the greatest, then Alexandr, and then Cyrus. Only 1 correction: Alexander was good to the Greeks because he WAS Greek. Fyi Macedonians were 1 of the 4 races of Greeks (Yavan/Ion) called Kittim (ancestors of the Achaeans). The Romans/Italics were also 1 of the 4 races of Greeks, called Dodanim (ancestors of the Dorians). Therefore, Romans were just another extension of the Greek world, which brought us and lead Christianity

[@annavsmith1]

Etymology of Name Alexander (the Great) : from GREEK "Ἀλέξανδρος" (Aléxandroş), meaning "defender of men" from "αλεξω" (alexo), meaning "to defend, help" & "ανηρ" (aner), meaning "man" (genitive "ανδρος").

[@tungatjetajuj9651]

Anna Smith CHASSEUIL ya ya or in albanian language BORN LIKE A DREAM 👌

[@efijordanidou1695]

@@tungatjetajuj9651 Σαχλαμάρες λες

[@bilbildautaj5418]

Anna Smith-Chasseuil It was a usual name for a real person not a mythological one.Even his uncle was called Alexander the Mollosian.This name doesn't have any divine load.When He was born no one knew would become a great so to give him a name of a god.False greek mythology like the rest.

[@albertrexhepaj8330]

Anna Smith-Chasseuil. ALEXANDROY MEANING OF THE NAME, ALBANIAN ALEXANDROY=ALE XAN TROY, INGLISH ALEXANDROY=GREAT CONQUEROR, GREEK ALEXANDROY=MEGALOS KATAKTITIS, ALEXANDROY IS WORD OF ALBANIAN.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

🤺☦🇷🇺Only 1 correction: Alexander was good to the Greeks because he WAS Greek. Fyi Macedonians were 1 of the 4 races of Greeks (Yavan/Ion) called Kittim (ancestors of the Achaeans). The Romans/Italics were also 1 of the 4 races of Greeks, called Dodanim (ancestors of the Dorians). Therefore, Romans were just another extension of the Greek world, which brought us and lead Christianity

[@marksnyder7314]

Montrose, Colorado Thank You.

[@jamesholland8057]

Great video. Learned about Philip and Aristotle new facts.

[@kefalosthomas6889]

Excuse me professor, but what language did the Macedonians speak?

[@ducati4859]

Greek

[@user-jh5ho3nv1w]

Albanian

[@hisenhasani2979]

Albanian

[@ducati4859]

@@hisenhasani2979 😀😀😀😀

[@ducati4859]

Goose

[@okeanos36]

Nice lecture. Could you make a comment about the nowadays Republic of Macedonia? Has it got any relationship with Alexander and Fillip? I mean they are saying that they are the direct descendants of the Macedonians and not the Greeks.

[@GoreBruce]

I'm sorry. I claim no distinct insight into that rather thorny dispute. Thanks for your interest!

[@bilbildautaj5418]

Ιωαννης Ζαχαροπουλος No, the modern macedonians are not discendants of the ancient ones ad well ad the modern greeks are not decendents of ancient hellens.Macedonia is made of slavs,albanians ,vlahs and turks.Greece is Made half of albanians,1/4 of vlahs,many slavs and a few turks ,all forced to speak coine and to be declaired greek otherwise they could face problems in career .

[@jasnajazz]

I am Macedonian and we are not allowed to identify ourselves as descendants of Alexander's Macedonia or to explore our ancient history although we live in this region. That's because during the Balkan wars (1912-1913) Greece conquered 51% of Macedonia and they are trying to make sure we will never claim this territory back. We made this compromise in order to join NATO.

[@hroververi728]

@@jasnajazz living in this region does not mean you come from ancient Macedonians, the name of your country is Vardaska, Tito called the little state ' Macedonia' on purpose.You are Slaves of 7th century or Boulgarians of 9th century.Your language and traditions have no relation to Macedonian language which is pure greek.Herodotus the great history writer says that macedonians come from Hercules, Temenides from Argos.

[@hroververi728]

@@bilbildautaj5418 My friend you can read all historical texts being from ancient years that macedonians were greeks.Nowadays anthropological researches confirm that the dna of modern greeks is the same as the ancients'. We have the same language, same culture, same tradition.But you cannot understand anything of that so what is the connection with them? At last, admit your origins from Slaves of 7th cent and Boulgarians of 9th cent, it's better than you live in lie.The name of your country is Vardaska, it does not sound so bad!!!

[@tetelestai5736]

Great teaching Much appreciated

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you!

[@chain173]

Very cool.

[@jonnymak1079]

Phillip was Greek Macedonia was Greece

[@gelisgeo1309]

Thats right..Macedonia is Greece

[@AkakaDomenjer]

Greece doesn't exist. Fiction buffer country.

[@jasnajazz]

Macedonia cannot be Greece, otherwise it wouldn't be called Macedonia!

[@gelisgeo1309]

@@jasnajazz ok pelloponice and thessaly and crete cannot be Greece...because are regions with names 😂

[@Alejandrodiaz-lm2lj]

Thanks! very nice and easy lecture to understand.

[@jonathanlechman]

Excellent topic. No popcorn unfortunately.

[@GoreBruce]

Thanks. I'll work on the popcorn.

[@danielm3670]

(23:05) It was actually a Macedonian empire.

[@Lion-rs2qy]

NO IT WASN'T A MACEDONIAN EMPIRE . IT WAS A KINGDOM / STATE . IT WAS THE HELLENIC EMPIRE . DON'T MISUNDERSTAND IT

[@Nowuseemenot]

IT WAS A MACEDONIAN EMPIRE - NOT A GREEK EMPIRE .

[@danielm3670]

@@Nowuseemenot Greece today is a mixture of various people, such as Arvanites/Albanians, Romei, Vlach, Turk and sub-Saharan people, it was created by the Bavarians in 1829, it never existed in the BC era. Back then below Macedonia, there were "hellenes" who were of a cultural/religious movement of sort, not a nationality of people, and who were mostly slaves. Macedonians were Aryan Europeans, who conquered the hellene cities to their south, and brought them into the MACEDONIAN EMPIRE.