Friday, April 17, 2009

Synopsis of Alexander the Great




Alexander the Great by Panayoti Karousos
Opera in IV acts


Synopsis
1st act: Acropolis – Athens Greece
Alexander bring the aches of the Athenians killed in the Chaeronea battle between Greeks, after the request of his father King Phillip of Macedonia.
Demosthenes and the Athenians disagree for Phillip’s as commander for the Persian war.
At Aiges, Macedonia, during the wedding of Phillip’s daughter Cleopatra with Alexander Molossos, a guardian of his Pausanias kills the King Phillip with a sword.
Immediate entrance of Queen Olympias with great power. She nominates Alexandros King of Macedonia and Emperor of all Greeks.
She gives the armies to Alexander and sends him to the battles for the unification of Greeks and all Balkans. Olympias scarifies to the gods for the elimination of the rivals and ask extreme power.
Olympias kills relatives and others to establish Macedonia’s Kingdom.
Alexander succides to get the power over Greeks. All preparations are ready to go for the big war against Persian Empire. Alexander farewell Olympias,
Aristote and Greece for ever. Olympias claims the victory.

2nd act: Asia Minor
Alexander won the Granikos battle. Alexander cut the Gordio nock.
Queen Ada and all cities go with Alexander to get freedom.
Battle of Issos. Darius gone with his generals and left family and army.
Barsine want to marries Alexander and become pregnant to his son Heracles
Alexander welcomed to Jerusalem as a liberator in the Solomon’s Temple.
Alexander found the city of Alexandria in Egypt and proclaimed Pharaoh of Egypt and Son of Ammon – Ra in a triumphal coronation at Giza’s Pyramids

3rd act: Alexander the Great King of Kings
Gavgamela battle. Alexander gains a great victory and Darius killed by his generals that they want the throne of Persia. Alexander arrives too late.
Alexander goes very far to Central Asia, kills the generals of Darius and becomes the greatest conqueror of all time in bloody battles with Mongols, Chinese, Amazons and wild nations in central Asia. He kills some generals that they don’t agree with his divine proclamation of Lord of All, Son of God. Alexander marries Roxanne and goes to conquer India. He won the battle. His horse Bucephala dies. Indians proclaimed him King Krishna Alexander and the head of Brahmans follow him. After the request of his army Alexander decides to return to Babylon by Gedrosia desert.

4th act: Alexander’s return and death
After the worse experience in the Gedrosia desert Alexander fixes problems in Carmania and Persepolis. At Sousa organized marriages between Persian and Greeks. During festivities at Ecbatana Hephaestion dies by illness.
Alexander mourning Hephaestion in the funeral at Babylon.
Back in Greece, Olympias continuous to revenge against successors bringing her self in a power task-force war with everybody and the cruel Great Queen becomes a bloody monstrous persona frightening Greeks.
Finally she gives the water of immortality that Alexander sends her to daughter Cleopatra and for her self drunks the blood of Medusa.
Alexander in the throne of Navuhodonosor receives ambassadors from allover the world as the Lord of All.He becomes ill and dies between his soldiers and the beloved soldiers

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