Ancient Greece

[Chorus] 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 [Verse 1] If you’re a polytheist, you should be thanking Zeus For all the Greek achievements, that they’ve passеd down to you Cause you got democracy from the folks on Athеns And our alphabet is from the Phoenicians Minoans and Mycenaeans, worked at their sailing trades 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 gave 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 [Bridge] It was a battle between city-states, city-states, a battle Between two city-states, city-states, a battle That ends the Golden Age a battle Where Pericles was slain by a plague Then Macedonians… [Verse 2] Invaded from the north in a phalanx Philip II fought on horses back The Greeks got warning from Demosthenes the Orator, but Philips’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, in a giant lighthouse) Hellenism spread eastward till he died in Babylon (his generals split his empire) He should have prayed to Athena inside the Parthenon [Bridge] It’s like a tragedy for 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 of the Odyssey, Odyssey by Homer It’s like the Iliad of the Odyssey, by Homer It’s like the Iliad of the Odyssey, by Homer It’s like the Iliad of the Odyssey [Chorus] 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 [Outro] I learned philosophy from Socrates, Socrates, I’m Plato I learned philosophy from Socrates, I’m Play-doh I learned philosophy Socrates I’m- hey! Play-doh? Ha ha ha…