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- Sat Apr 30, 2016 5:41 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
- Replies: 42
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Re: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
I was reading this thread, as this issue has always fascinated me. In the end, histories, theories aside Alexander ran an army. That required rules and the application of discipline else, well, we all know what happens when insubordination occurs... Philotas, a very highly ranked officer, a general...
- Sat Apr 30, 2016 5:03 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: A terrible loss - Agesilaos; Karl
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12578
Re: A terrible loss - Agesilaos; Karl
Though I haven't been able to keep up with the goings on here on pothos.org, as often as I'd like...this is truly sad news. I've been fortunate enough to banter back and forth with Agesilaos through the years and gain from his candor and wisdom. When this entire forum seemed against me on the sillie...
- Tue Apr 01, 2014 5:54 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
- Replies: 42
- Views: 55749
Re: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
Cleitus sort of went a little further than you'd suggest with that extended hand and the comments about Alexander's pretense toward being deemed a god. But the belittling of Philip was perhaps one of the more interesting bits that came out here. And that this strange condescension against his own f...
- Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:25 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
- Replies: 42
- Views: 55749
Re: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
Loyalty would still have counted, had he been disloyal, or even suspected, Kleitos could have gone the way of Parmenion and Philotas; though, just maybe the fact that he was Philotas' natural replacement ensured that he was of a totally different Court Faction, the Antipatrids' perhaps since his mu...
- Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:19 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
- Replies: 42
- Views: 55749
Re: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
It should also be remembered that Kleitos was the ilarch of the senior squadron, the ile basilike, making him next in rank to Philotas and his most likely successor; it is frequently said that his appointment was a sop to the Old Guard but it seems more likely that Hephaistion's was intended to mit...
- Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:22 am
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
- Replies: 42
- Views: 55749
Re: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
A few years older and already working with his father and Philip. The interesting aspect of this conjecture is that Philotas would have had already some expertise and perhaps specialism in militaristic matters but without a formal education. Thus, groomed for military life solely and completely whi...
- Tue Mar 25, 2014 5:04 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Parmenion, Paeonian chief?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9745
Re: Parmenion, Paeonian chief?
I did not think his book brought anything new to the table, but then I 'm a jaded old sod and like many, I think that straight biography has run its course and that the future is in more detailed essays (though one must immediately add that just being an essay does not mean that it is superior to t...
- Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:22 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Parmenion, Paeonian chief?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9745
Re: Parmenion, Paeonian chief?
It was a by-product of Stone's film, alot of crud was thrown out on the back of that publicity, much of it striving for a 'new take' and generally falling short. One day I will get round to reviewing all the books I have, but at the moment I have to answer a couple of threads, Xenophon, be warned :...
- Tue Mar 25, 2014 5:47 am
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
- Replies: 42
- Views: 55749
Re: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
Does anybody know whether or not Philotas, or any of Parmenion's sons, were taught at Mieza by Aristotle? As far as I recall, without running upstairs to my library, we have no certain identification of any of the students with Alexander at Mieza. We can make a few assumptions, based on comments ab...
- Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:42 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
- Replies: 42
- Views: 55749
Re: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
And also after rereading your post again, and thinking about the last question that you raise, is that Alexander did hear the so called confession that Philotas made after a torture that made him say anything...the problem with his giving in to torture goes against the heroic stature of Hermias of ...
- Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:11 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: A Question about Memnon, Strategos of Thrace
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5168
Re: A Question about Memnon, Strategos of Thrace
Ok then, that about settles it and my curiosity has been appeased. I'll put the whole thing back to where I had it originally (between Siwa and Guagamela). What did you think of Justin's comments regarding Alexander's 'not caring about the loss of the 30,000 men as much as being happy that Alexander...
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:49 am
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: A Question about Memnon, Strategos of Thrace
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5168
Re: A Question about Memnon, Strategos of Thrace
The white paper, authored by Ionnis K. Xydopoulos, cites Diodorus, Justin, and Curitus. Heckel also cites Diodorus, Justin, and Curtius. Neither author aligns the date to the incident precisely. But both seem to claim 325 from either Curtius or Berve. Being that Berve is not considered a primary sou...
- Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:19 am
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: A Question about Memnon, Strategos of Thrace
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5168
Re: A Question about Memnon, Strategos of Thrace
This is excellent commentary which led me to a few areas I had not been aware of. Heckel's prosopography indicates that Memnon was a Macedonian who conducted a rebellion against his own country (Macedon) in Thrace. And that he was succeeded by the Macedonian Zopyrion who was defeated by a combinatio...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:32 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Arrian's 'Darters' and 'Targeteers' ??
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4928
Re: Arrian's 'Darters' and 'Targeteers' ??
I presently have them written as 'skirmishers' and may leave it at that with a footnote. Thanks for the info. :lol: With all reservations and thanks in advance for this but who is Christakis whose words you quote? Is he a writer? I could not find him anywhere. That would be me. The quote is an exce...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:12 am
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: A Question about Memnon, Strategos of Thrace
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5168
A Question about Memnon, Strategos of Thrace
Was the Memnon, Strategos of Thrace, which Antipater had to deal with before tackling Agis, working for Macedon and bungling a Thracian campaign or was he a Thracian rebel leading a revolt against Macedon?