380s BC Births - 380 BC Births, 382 BC Births, 384 BC Births, 389 BC Births, Aristotle, Philip II of Macedon, Pytheas, Darius III of Persia (Paperback)

Chapters: 380 Bc Births, 382 Bc Births, 384 Bc Births, 389 Bc Births, Aristotle, Philip Ii of Macedon, Pytheas, Darius Iii of Persia, Demosthenes, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, Aristander, Aeschines, Menaechmus, Memnon of Rhodes, Theodectes, Demades, Lanike. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 123. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Aristander of Telmessos (Greek: born ca. 380 BC, fl. 2nd half of 4th century BCE), a Greek from Caria, was Alexander the Great 's favorite seer . Aristander was already in Philip's entourage in 357/6, when he correctly interpreted a dream as revealing Olympias' pregnancy. The ancient sources place him interpreting omens from the conqueror's birth to his death. Although details are variously given, and some incidents are fictitious, Aristander was clearly an influential presence during Alexander's campaigns, and played an important role in uplifting the morale of the Macedonian army. There are indications he wrote divinatory works, either before, during or after the expedition, although it is also possible these works were spuriously attributed. Aristander in the sources (A represents Arrian, P Plutarch, C Curtius, D Diodorus, J Justin, S Strabo, Iter. the Itinerarium Alexandri . Passages in which Aristander is mentioned by name are marked with an asterisk.) item Philip dreams he sealed up the womb of his wife Olympias, and that the seal bore a lion device. Aristander interprets the dream optimistically. (*P 2.2 3; Ephorus FGrH 70 217) item Statue of Orpheus in Pieria sweats. Aristander interprets optimistically. (*A 1.11.1 2; *P 14.5; Iter. 17; Ps-Calisthenes 1.42) item Army comes across a fallen statue of Ariobarzanes, former satrap of Phrygia . The seer "Alexander" interprets predicts the victory at Granicus . (D 17.17.6 7) item An insistent swallow bothers the drowsing Alexander at...