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- Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:12 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Philip the doctor
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6128
Philip the doctor
Hello all,I've been gone for a while, so I wish everyone a happy new year!I do have a question, Recently on the Discovery Channel (I think) there was this special on Alexander's death, and it concluded that Alexander was "accidently" killed by the ingesting higher amounts of hellebore, to ...
- Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:51 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Alexanders legacy from Vangelis
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1211
Re: Alexanders legacy from Vangelis
I liked the music, although at times the themes were repetitive within themselves. I am annoyed that there were scores on the film that was not on the CD, in particular the theme when Alexander decides to go home, and the soldier put him on the horse - that is a very beautiful theme. In addition, th...
- Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:39 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Happy Birthday Alex!!!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2314
Happy Birthday Alex!!!
Well, happy birthday Alexander! How will each of us celebrate his birthday this year??
I for one will drink a toast.cheers all!Luc
I for one will drink a toast.cheers all!Luc
- Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:18 am
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Director's Commentary
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1874
Re: Director's Commentary
Is the version you got the director's cut version, or the original theatrical release?
- Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:31 am
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: DVD
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1367
DVD
I just read a post on the Zimmerman forum, that Oliver Stone is cutting the "love" scenes between Hephaistion and Alexander. The line "stay with me tonight" is already off, and Oliver Stone apparently decided to portray them as just friends, as Achilles and Patroclus was portraye...
- Thu May 26, 2005 4:49 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Alexander's death
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1538
Re: Alexander's death
I'm not so sure that exercise and the ability of infections to heal has much to do with one another. Although it's not the same thing, I just read that the medical profession suggests that women who are overcoming breast cancer, should start exercising, because a study suggests that the healing proc...
- Wed May 25, 2005 11:46 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Alexander not mourned?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1300
Alexander not mourned?
Hey all,I read something, which I believe was in "the soul of battle" by Victor Davis Hanson, in which he said that the only reason Alexander stands out today is because of the "business" mind set. He also said that Alexander was not mourned, and he used Epaminondas as a referenc...
- Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:26 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Burton or Farrell?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1320
Re: Burton or Farrell?
I stick by what I said before, that Colin Farrell did an amazing job playing Alexander, considering what he was given, which was not much. Richard Burton was BLAH. I have no other words to describe him. Plus I hate the fact that Hephaistion was pretty much obliterated from the film. Got to give it t...
- Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:07 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: soldier's life
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2812
Re: soldier's life
Amyntoros has a good point, Alexander was gone for far too long, and there is no way that he would have gone on without tents, whereas, the local armies in Greece could have done without it, while fighting near home. Where is there any mention of the soldiers taking local homes? I'm aware that at ti...
- Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:26 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: soldier's life
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2812
soldier's life
Hey all,I was reading a couple of pages of Anderson's Military theory and practice in the age of Xenophon, and I came across some questions.One of the things he mentions is that camp sites for Spartans, and Athenian soldiers more often than not were made under temporary provisions, basically brushes...
- Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:56 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Tylenol?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1981
Re: Tylenol?
Okay, apparently Loeb Classics does publish the works on Hippocrates, although he probably didn't write any of it.
- Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:51 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Tylenol?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1981
Re: Tylenol?
Hey all!Thanks for the well wishes!The texts I was talking about on Hipocrates, I found at http://classics.mit.edu/Hippocrates/ancimed.1.1.htmlI just wanted to know if anyone has seen these as a published book, available to be purchased. If anyone is inclined, I suggest reading the piece on curing h...
- Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:46 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Tylenol?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1981
Tylenol?
I'm lying here with the flu for what feels like forever! I was wondering, on that day that Alexander jumped into the Cygnus, I recall reading that what Philip gave him made him go into convulsions, and then he got better. Is there any source that says what it was that Philip gave him? And does anyon...
- Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:14 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Question on Homer's Iliad.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2342
Re: Question on Homer's Iliad.
Wow, who would have thought that that program would be right about that?
- Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:58 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: how to awe
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1997
Re: how to awe
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I like it, and I'll think about it, considering I only have so much time to present it. I was thinking of succumbing to my greed and buying the corset from Museum Replicas, and just bringing that thing in as an item. Marcus...alcohol...I like that idea!!! With everyone drunk, I'll get an A.
I like it, and I'll think about it, considering I only have so much time to present it. I was thinking of succumbing to my greed and buying the corset from Museum Replicas, and just bringing that thing in as an item. Marcus...alcohol...I like that idea!!! With everyone drunk, I'll get an A.