nalyzing Central Ideas in a Speech

Read the excerpt from Alexander the Great's speech at

Opis.

These services rendered you by my father are

substantial encrigh when considered in isolation, but they

pale into insignificance in comparison with my own. $...$

An immediate first act was to open up for you the

channel of the Hellespont, despite Persia's naval

supremacy at the time. My cavalry then defeated the

satraps of Darius and I added to your empire the whole

of Ionia, the whole of Aeolis, both Phrygias, and Lydia,

and captured Miletus by siege. Other regions placed

themselves voluntarily in my hands, and in every case I

let you profit from them.

How does Alexander develop the idea that he has

served his people well?

He criticizes his father's accomplishments.

He says other countries respect him as a leader.

He lists ways he has expanded his people's empire.

He claims that his army and navy are the world's

strongest.