Harpalus was an aristocrat of Macedon in the 4th century BC. He was a student of Aristotle and a close friend of Alexander the Great since childhood. Macedon (or Macedonia from Greek Μακεδονία) in Classical Antiquity was an ancient Greek state bordering with the Greek state of Epirus on the west and with Thrace on the East. ... (5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Invasion of the Celts into Ireland Gauls sack Rome Kingdom of Macedon conquers Persian empire The Scythians are beginning to be absorbed into the Sarmatian people. ... Aristotle (sculpture) Aristotle (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Aristotelēs) (384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher. ... Alexander the Great - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

Harpalus did not follow Alexander in his advance within the Persian Empire but received a post in Asia Minor. Alexander reportedly contacted him with a demand of reading material for his spare time. Harpalus sent his King theatrical plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, the history of Philistus and odes by Philoxenus and Telestes. The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... Anatolia (Greek: ανατολη anatole, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of Turkey. ... This article is about the ancient Greek playwright. ... A Roman bust of Sophocles. ... Euripides (c. ... Philistus, Greek historian of Sicily, was born at Syracuse about the beginning of the Peloponnesian War (432 BC). ... Ode is a form of stately and elaborate lyrical verse. ... Philoxenus, of Cythera (435-380 BC) was a Greek dithyrambic poet. ...

Harpalus was also a charming rogue who twice absconded with large amounts of money. The first time he was forgiven and reinstated, only to abuse his trust again. He was assassinated in Crete during 323 BC. Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... Crete, sometimes spelled Krete (Greek Κρήτη / Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC - 320s BC - 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 328 BC 327 BC 326 BC 325 BC 324 BC - 323 BC - 322 BC 321 BC 320...

Harpalus is featured in the historical novel "Fire from Heaven" by Mary Renault. He is entrusted by his teacher Aristotle with the task of observing and recording the lives of wild animals. This would explain why Aristotle's zoological writings contain such outrageous tall tales. Mary Renault (1905–1983) was an English novelist whose works are still popular with devotees of the historical novel. ...