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culminating in the battle of  Thermopylae

a trireme could maintain a speed of approximately 7

was often imagined guiding a radiant chariot drawn by spirited horses

As Aristophanes pointed out

and dates to the Minoan civilization (1800-1650 BC)

Pop Head of Alexander the Great in Coloured Plaster greek games culminating in the battle ofAlexander the Great was one of the greatest generals in history. He considered himself the son of the Egyptian God Ammon Zeus, and a descendant of Achilles and Hercules, which his contemporaries also believed, as they could not otherwise explain his extraordinary personality. However, his biological parents were Philip II of Macedonia and Olympia, daughter of the king of Epirus, Neoptolemus. His origin was therefore Doric, because both the Macedonians