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Hi Companions ---Over Christmas I will revise the Book Top-10, as Jona suggested (see Jona's post). Now my idea is to stick to "modern" publications (excluding Plutarch, Curtius etcetera). You all know that I love the original sources, but the Top-10 should be primarily helpful for those p...

A fast reply before this message disappears: I have been studying the Persian army for some time now, but I think the whole idea about drums etcetera is just romantic fiction. I haven't come around evidence for this anywhere.Regards ---Nick

All the FGrH - for sure!Regards ---Nick

Kyra, pelase also use our informative Book Reviews in the Books section!Thanks,Nick

Hi Sikander ---Shouldn't we add your excellent reply as a last bonus paragraph to the article?Regards ---Nick

Is that "conciliatum"?(And "lepore", of course.)Thanx ---Nick

Dear Companions ---This year on holiday in Romania I was leisurely reading Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything", a popular introduction to modern science. Now Bryson writes (page 176):"Atoms, in short, are very abundant. They are so fantastically durable. Because they ...

Hi Jona ---Million thanks. I will revise the article om Euxenippus.Many greetings ---Nick

Hi Corina ---Heckel and Yardley use the translation "lover" in Historical Sources in Translation (Blackwell Publ., 2004), page 40. Indeed, my Scott-Kilvert Penguin translation also reads "favourite", not lover. Now the interesting question is: would Yardley today also translate &...

Hi Jan ---Agree. Maybe it is just the dress?Regards ---Nick

Dear Cyrus ---I deleted your post as it contained a link to an ultra right wing group.Please don't take any offense. I know you meant no harm. This organisation is a neo-nazi group based in The Netherlands. I once filed an internet complaint about them with our Dutch MDI (Dutch Non-Discrimination In...

This is all a matter of non-scientific approaches, European symbols dating from ages ago, but you can find all your answers by searching Google. In general the colours of the playing deck are believed to represent the following 'nations':Spades - the Jewish people (King David is King of Spades)Diamo...

Our sources differ: some say he was crucified, some say he was hanged.Regards ---Nick

http://www.livius.org/pen-pg/persepolis ... s.htmlJona is really one of the world's best scholars on this subject. Best regards ---Nick

Very many thanks, Linda, also a cute one!Dankjewel!Nick