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- Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:35 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Metrical discourse on Alexander by Jacob of Serugh
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Metrical discourse on Alexander by Jacob of Serugh
A discourse composed by Mar Jacob upon Alexander, the Believing King, and upon the Gate which he made against Agog and Magog Through thee, O splendour of the father, I begin to Speak By Whose victory the righteous have been victorious in their wars. In love, O Lord, give me speech from Thy doctrine...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:21 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Historical Consultant on Netflix’s ‘Alexander: The Making of a God’
- Replies: 2
- Views: 322
Re: Historical Consultant on Netflix’s ‘Alexander: The Making of a God’
Ah, I thought Alexander and Hephaestion kissing in a swimming pool was familiar!
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:45 pm
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Tacitus
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- Views: 654
Tacitus
COMPLETE WORKS OF TACITUS Translated from the Latin by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb Edited, with an Introduction by Moses Hada The Modern Library, New York, 1942 Annals 2. 73 Germanicus’ Suspicious Death. His (Germanicus’) funeral, though it lacked the family statues and processi...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:41 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Polybius
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- Views: 653
Polybius
Extracts from Polybius On Issus In order that I may not seem to insist arbitrarily on the acceptance of my criticism of such famous writers, I will take one battle and a very celebrated one, a battle which took place at no very distant date and, what is most important, one at which Callisthenes him...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 10:00 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #8
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- Views: 651
Pliny - The Natural History #8
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:57 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #7
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- Views: 645
Pliny - The Natural History #7
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:52 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #6
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- Views: 640
Pliny - The Natural History #6
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #5
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- Views: 645
Pliny - The Natural History #5
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:30 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #4
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- Views: 658
Pliny - The Natural History #4
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #3
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- Views: 642
Pliny - The Natural History #3
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:25 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #2
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- Views: 642
Pliny - The Natural History #2
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #1
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- Views: 639
Pliny - The Natural History #1
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:54 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1886
Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
I was wondering whether these square blocks outlined in black are manmade, to clad the mountain side to prevent rock fall. the wall outlined in red is new, but I agree with the rest of the path. fascinating stuff! I think the square blocks are part of the mountain. They are not concrete and far too...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:14 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1886
Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
Where I think the path runs, though I have lost it at the top.
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:51 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1886
Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
Sorry, I don't see any smaller stones. That is fairly uniform in construction. You could probably get a mule up that pathway. I am unclear though whether the upright piece of stone in the dead centre of the photo is an upright stone (shaped rather like a man in a long robe) or whether it is a contin...