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I wonder if Alexander executed the doctor because he gave Hephaestion an emetic, which might have had a catastrophic effect.

Hi, Alexander is bottom left. Could you please put a link to where you got the photo from so that anyone interested can read more. Thanks.

I found this here https://www.family-times.net/illustrati ... er/202700/ The King Surrendered to Alexander The Great The story is told of Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia (336-323) and conqueror of Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, Babylonia, and Persia, almost all of the known world. One day Alexande...

Good grief, I've not heard that one. Sounds highly unlikely to me and it is not mentioned in any of the major sources, or everyone would be all over it as proof of Alexander's megalomania and insanity. Yes his men were highly disciplined but he wasn't an idiot. Sounds purely apocryphal to me but whe...

Thank you, Dean for your earlier digest. I think to say that Aristion went to stay with Hephaestion is stretching the truth a little. He may have hung around the court a bit but that does not mean he was in close contact with Hephaestion. Heckel's 'Who's Who' says: Aristion. Son of Aristobulus.108 Y...

Hi, and welcome. The biggest arguments against Hephaestion having been poisoned are 1/ no one suspected poison at the time and 2/ he was recovering before he died. His symptoms are those of typhoid and he was recovering before he disobeyed his doctor's orders and ate a solid meal. Typhoid weakens th...

Thanks for this. Does the book make it clear what happened to Demosthenes' career after Alexander became king? I was always a bit hazy on what his influence was while Alexander was in Asia.

Thanks for these. I recently read Zorba The Greek which is set on Crete. I didn't quite know what to make of the book.

I'll give it a try!

Don't think I've read this. I must give it a try. My go-to book for Philip though is Philip of Macedon by Nicholas Hammond. I found it really likeable.

Guess he envied Diogenes perceived freedom from all obligation. You reckon? I'd always thought it was a sort of publicity answer to show he wasn't offended by Diogenes' frankness and that he admired his guts for not trying to flatter Alexander who, at this point, probably had everyone falling over ...

Thanks for that, most interesting. The troop numbers, if to be believed, are staggering. Alexander has been accused of so reducing the manpower of Macedonia that they were easy meat for the Romans 150 yeas later, but this is nearly a generation later. The wars of the Successors must have been far mo...

Hi Michael, Thanks for letting us know. That is very sad and he will be missed. I was aware he wasn't well last year but I'm very sorry to hear things didn't improve. All we can say is that in Alexander terms, he will leave a large reputation behind him. May he rest in peace. I've moved this to the ...

In support of my theory that the axeman is Heracles


A Grand Tour intaglio from the 1820s https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/7637376 ... _active_63

Depicting a young Heracles

41976-01 copy.jpg An interesting head for sale http://www.artancient.com/antiquities-for-sale/collections/decorative-works-of-art-for-sale/ancient-greek-hellenistic-marble-head-of-an-athlete.html . It has all the 'Alexander' attributes of the period - deep-set eyes, small full mouth, prominent brow...