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by Alexias
Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:35 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Metrical discourse on Alexander by Jacob of Serugh
Replies: 0
Views: 85

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...
by Alexias
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!
by Alexias
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...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:41 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Polybius
Replies: 0
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...
by Alexias
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...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:57 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #7
Replies: 0
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...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:52 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #6
Replies: 0
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...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:35 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #5
Replies: 0
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...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:30 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #4
Replies: 0
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...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:27 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #3
Replies: 0
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...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:25 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #2
Replies: 0
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...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:21 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #1
Replies: 0
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...
by Alexias
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...
by Alexias
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.

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by Alexias
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...