What was the siege of Athens?

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There were at least 2 sieges of Athens. The other was at the end of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. Sparta laid siege to Athens, eventually starving the population into surrended. The defensive 'Long Walls' were torn down by the Athenians, supervised by Spartan soldiers. Contemporary accounts say this was to the sound of flute music. The finest account is Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War', available in English translation from Penguin Classics.

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ALEXANDERS VISIT TO THE CITY OF TROY,THE TROJANS HEARING OF THE DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS
ALEXANDER DECIDED TO GO TO THE GREAT CITY OF TROY. HE WAS GREETED BY THEIR COUNCIL AND TAKEN TO A FIELD NEARBY, AND WAS SHOWN THE GRAVES OF HECTOR AND ACHILLES, THE HEROS OFTHE TROJAN WARS.HE WAS GIVEN AS A GIFT THE BOOK OF HOMER THEY HAD AND GAVE TO HIM THE CROWN OF QUEEN KLYTOEMNESTRIA, THE DAUGHTER OF KING TYNDAREIS,SHE WASSISTER TO HELEN OF TROY, AND QUEEN AND WIFE TO AGAMANNON.

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ALEXANDER DECIDED TO GO TO THE GREAT CITY OF TROY. HE WAS GREETED BY THEIR COUNCIL AND TAKEN TO A FIELD NEARBY,AND WAS SHOWN THE GRAVES OF HECTOR AND ACHILLES, THE HEROS OF THE TROJAN WARS.HE WAS GIVEN AS A GIFT THE BOOK OF HOMER.

THEY HAD AND GAVE TO HIM THE CROWN OF QUEEN KLYTOEMNESTRIA,THE DAUGHTER OF KING TYNDAREIS,SHE WAS SISTER TO HELEN OF TROY,ANDQUEEN AND WIFE TO AGAMANNON.

ANCIENT ATHENS

PROIR TO GOING TO TROY HE HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE ATHENIANS.ALEXANDER APPROACHES THE GREAT CITY FORTRESS OF ATHENS,AS HE APPROACHED ATHENS THEIR COUNCIL REFUSED TO ACCEPT ALEXANDER,AND DIOGENES LEFT IN ANGER AND JOINED ALEXANDERS CAMP,AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ITS CONQUEST BY HIS EXCELLENT ADVICE.

ALEXANDER TRIED IN VAIN TO OVERCOME THEIR CITY FORTRESS,BUT SUSTAINED MANY WOUNDED AND LOST MANY FOUSATTA. THERE WAS GREAT RESENTMENT IN HIS ARMY TOWARDS THESE ATHENIANS. DIOGENES SAID TO ALEXANDER, EVEN DARIUS WITH ALL HIS MIGHT WILL NOT COME AGAINST THE ATHENIAN WALLS, YOU MUST TRICK THEM INTO LEAVING THEIR FORTRESS.

ALEXANDER HEEDED THESE WORDS OF VALUE AND BUILT A WOODEN STATUE OF APOLLO,THEIR GOD.HE SENT A MESSAGE TO THE ATHENIANS THAT THEIR GOD HAD DEFEATED HIM, AND HE LEAVES 2000 SHEEP AS A TOKEN TO THEIR GOD APOLLO.WHO HAS DEFEATED HIM ,AND TO THE ATHENIAN TROOPS THAT FOUGHT SO VILANTLY. THE ATHENIANS BELIEVING THIS AND IN THEIR OWN MIGHT ,LEFT A SMALL GARRISON IN THE FORTRESS,THEY TAKING THE STATUE OF APOLLO INSIDE,AND WENT ABOUT ROUNDING UP THE SHEEP.

GRAPHIC OF ALEXANDER IN BATTLE MOSAIC

GRAPHIC OF ALEXANDER IN BATTLE

ALEXANDER FOUSATTA SURPRISED THEM,CUTTING THEM OFF FROM THEIR FORTRESS, AND WITH HIS CALVARY DESTROYED THEM. INSIDE, AS DID THE TROJANS, ALEX. HID A FEW SOLIDERS INSIDE THE STATUE.THEY CAME OUT AT NIGHT AND OPENED THE GATES OF ATHENS. HIS SOLIDERS WHO HAD LOST FRIENDS STARTED A SLAUGHTER, ALEXANDER UNABLE TO CONTROL HIS FOUSATTA,ORDERED FIRE TO BE SET TO FORCE HIS FOUSATTA OUT OF THE CITY.

ATHENS

TO THIS DAY IN THE ANCIENT RUINS OF OLD ATHENS,THEIR IS EDIVENCE OF A GREAT FIRE AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW OR WHEN,BUT NOW WE KNOW THAT IT WAS ALEXANDERS FIRE.

ALEXANDER THEN PROCEEDED TO THE GREAT CITY OF ROME. THE ROMAINS HEARING OF THE DEFEAT OF ATHENS WERE EAGER TO ACCEPT ALEXANDER. THEIR COUNCIL BELIEVED HIM TO BE THE SON OF APOLLO THEIR GOD,FOR IN THEIR TEMPLE THEY HAD A BOOK CALLED THE BIBLION,WHICH CONTAINED A PROPHESY OF ALEXANDER COMING .

GRAPHIC OF ALEXANDER BEING GREETED IN ROME

ALEXANDERS VISIT TO THE CITY OF TROY
ALEXANDER DECIDED TO GO TO THE GREAT CITY OF TROY. HE WAS GREETED BY THEIR COUNCIL AND TAKEN TO A FIELD NEARBY,AND WAS SHOWN THE GRAVES OF HECTOR AND ACHILLES, THE HEROS OFTHE TROJAN WARS.HE WAS GIVEN AS A GIFT THE BOOK OF HOMER THEY HAD AND GAVE TO HIM THE CROWN OF QUEEN KLYTOEMNESTRIA,THE DAUGHTER OF KING TYNDAREIS,SHE WASSISTER TO HELEN OF TROY,AND QUEEN AND WIFE TO AGAMANNON.
BEFORE GOING TO TROY HE HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE ATHENIANS. ALEXANDER APPROACHES THE GREAT CITY FORTRESS OF ATHENS,
AS HE APPROACHED ATHENS THEIR COUNCIL REFUSED TO ACCEPT ALEXANDER,AND DIOGENES LEFT IN ANGER AND JOINED ALEXANDERS CAMP,AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ITS CONQUEST BY HIS EXCELLENT ADVICE.ALEXANDER TRIED IN VAIN TO OVERCOME THEIR CITY FORTRESS,BUT SUSTAINED MANY WOUNDED AND LOST MANY FOUSATTA. THERE WAS GREAT RESENTMENT IN HIS ARMY TOWARDS THESE ATHENIANS.
DIOGENES SAID TO ALEXANDER, EVEN DARIUS WITH ALL HIS MIGHT WILL NOT COME AGAINST THE ATHENIAN WALLS, YOU MUST TRICK THEM INTO LEAVING THEIR FORTRESS, ALEXANDER HEEDED THESE WORDS OF VALUE AND BUILT A WOODEN STATUE OF APOLLO,THEIR GOD.
HE SENT A MESSAGE TO THE ATHENIANS THAT THEIR GOD HAD DEFEATED HIM, AND HE LEAVES 2000 SHEEP AS A TOKEN TO THEIR GOD APOLLO.WHO HAS DEFEATED HIM ,AND TO THE ATHENIAN TROOPS THAT FOUGHT SO VILANTLY. THE ATHENIANS BELIEVING THIS AND IN THEIR OWN MIGHT ,LEFT A SMALL GARRISON IN THE FORTRESS,THEY TAKING THE STATUE OF APOLLO INSIDE,AND WENT ABOUT ROUNDING UP THE SHEEP.
ALEXANDER FOUSATTA SURPRISED THEM,CUTTING THEM OFF FROM THEIR FORTRESS, AND WITH HIS CALVARY DESTROYED THEM. INSIDE, AS DID THE TROJANS, ALEX. HID A FEW SOLIDERS INSIDE THE STATUE.THEY CAME OUT AT NIGHT ANDOPENED THE GATES OF ATHENS.
HIS SOLIDERS WHO HAD LOST FRIENDS STARTED A SLAUGHTER, ALEXANDER UNABLE TO CONTROL HIS FOUSATTA,ORDERED FIRE TO BE SET TO FORCE HIS FOUSATTA OUT OF THE CITY,TO THIS DAY IN THE ANCIENT RUINS OF OLD ATHENS,THEIR IS EDIVENCE OF A GREAT FIRE AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW OR WHEN,BUT NOW WE KNOW THAT IT WAS ALEXANDERS FIRE.
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