Ancient Greece

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 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 (uh-huh, uh-huh) 'Round an acropolis, they'd build a city state Wasn't much farming soil (uh-huh) 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 (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 The Macedonians Invaded from the north in a phalanx Philip the second fought on horses' backs 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, it's a giant lighthouse) Hellenism spread eastward till he died in Babylon (generals split his empire) Should have prayed to Athena inside the Parthenon (woohoo) 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 philosophy from Socrates, Socrates, I'm Plato I learned philosophy from Socrates, I'm Plato I learned philosophy from Socrates, I'm- hey! Plato? Ha ha ha