Press the flag. This is a great song for learning. My teacher played this three weeks ago,and I’m sharing it with all of you now! Scroll for lyrics LYRICS Because I taught Alexander the Great, I’m the great Aristotle Alexander the Great, I’m the great Aristotle Alexander the Great, I’m the great Aristotle Alexander the Great, I’m so great (great, great, great, great, great) If you’re a polytheist, you should be thanking Zeus For all the Greek achievements that they’ve passed down to you ‘Cause you got Democracy from the folks in Athens & Our alphabet is from the Phoenicians Minoans and Mycenaeans worked at their sailing trade Around an acropolis they’d build a city-state Wasn’t much farming soil, barely enough On the peninsulas of Attica and Peloponnesus So in Athens they’d given their citizens voting rights (rule by the people) But in Sparta they were doing their duty and trained to fight (their duty, duty, for their oligarchy) Though the Spartans had helots, they were jealous of Athens’ power (Athens’ jury and assembly) With their allies they all fought the Peloponnesian War It was a battle between city-states, city-states A battle between two city-states, city-states A battle that ends the Golden Age, Golden Age A battle where Pericles was slain by a plague (ugh!) Then Macedonians Invaded from the north in a phalanx Phillip II fought on horses’ backs The Greeks got warnings from Demosthenes the Orator but Phillip’s cavalries won His son Alexander spread Greek culture through his empire (mixing the traditions) With a library in Alexandria on the Nile (they built a Pharos, it’s a giant lighthouse) Hellenism spread eastward till he died in Babylon (His generals split his Empire) He should have prayed to Athena inside of the Parthenon It’s like a tragedy by Sophocles, Sophocles, Greek Drama Or by Euripides, Euripides, Greek Drama Or Aristophanes, Aristophanes, Greek Drama It’s like a tragedy, tragedy It’s like the Iliad and Odyssey, Odyssey by Homer It’s like the Iliad and Odyssey, by Homer It’s like the Iliad and Odyssey by Homer It’s like the Iliad and Odyssey That’s right I taught Alexander the Great, I’m the great Aristotle Alexander the Great, I’m the Great Aristotle Alexander the Great, I’m the Great Aristotle Alexander the Great, I’m so great I learned from philosophy from Socrates, Socrates, I’m Plato I learned from philosophy from Socrates, Socrates, I’m Plato I learned from philosophy from Socrates, Socrates, I’m Plato Play-doh? hahaha
