Which philospher aided Alexander to conquer Athens?

Answer 1

spiropoulos

diogenes unhappy by the treatment received by the athian

council, when he suggested they accept Alexander, slipped into

alexanders camp at night and joined his knowledge on how

to defeat Athens and their walled fortress, see below

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.