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clearly supports his innocence that is!

hmmmm, I have to think about that one.
Still, accepting what you say to be the case, why do you suppose his role changed when Al came to power?

Quite agree with you Marcus,It's been a while since reading Holts article, but I thought it was well presented at the time, and regarding Amyntas' death, I'd say that due to his brother Attalus continuing to be a batallion comander to the end of ATG's life,clearly supports Amyntas' role in any consp...

Thanks for responding Marcus :) I don't usually like to read to many modern sources (tend to generally paint pictures that arn't necessarily so!), but guess I'll have to look to purchasing Heckles works on the Marshalls. Another one to add to the list ;(In regards to Demaratus being a companion of P...

Hi Marcus,There's no disaggreement with you that people die from illness, but I suppose what makes Amyntas and Coenus' deaths more intriguing is they happen shortly after critical events in the histories.Bound to make people speculate! and rightfully so I may add :) Presumably in modern times, peopl...

getting back to the point!how/why is it that a Corinthian statesman ends up in the Agema/Bodyguard! He was apparently a friend of the family,including Philip. Why hadn't Phil included him into his Agema/Bodyguard?What services had been rendered, apart from the prompt to get Al back into town? Like t...

Hi Marcus, Interesting mess up on Arrians behalf, perhaps my fault, I need to learn Ancient Greek :(It still doesn't change my way of thinking regarding his possible involvement with the death of Philip, but does so on the bodyguard.Now you've got me curious about this over usage of the word 'somato...

Hi Poli, the reference to Demaratus comes from Arrian on battle of Granicus. Book 1:15'During the fight Alexanders spear was broken. He called on Aretis, one of his grooms, for another, but Aretis was himself in difficulties for the same reason, though still fighting gallantly enough with the remain...

I stand corrected, Tre your right. Plutarch on Pyrruhs:8 'The other kings, they said , could only imitate Alexander in superficial details, with their scarlet cloaks, their bodyguards, the angle at which they held their heads, or the lofty tone of their speech'.Although I don't know that this gives ...

Pela, sorry I don't understand!Tre,name me one concept of greatness that Philip hadn't already achieved prior to his sons inheritance of a full platter. Dinner was already eaten and the cake was already baked, ATG managed to put the iceing on top!
just my thoughts
cheers!

Hi Diomedes,
I'm in total aggreance with you ;)Cheers!

I don't recall reading anything from the sources that relates to his voice or singing abilities, I may be wrong! Sound s like something from a novel!
Cheers!

Demaratus, an elderly man of Philips age, but more inclined to believe older, arrives in Pella presumably on a business trip and is quizzed by Philip on how the remaining Greek states are taking to Macedonian rule! Not so good he replies, as they perceive you as struggling to keep your own house in ...

I agree with Tre, although it is rather strange someone as ill would have such an apetite as to consume a boiled foul and top it of with some unmixed wine! just my thoughts.
cheers!

Hi Yiannis, I hope not to offend, only to speculate on one matter of the Makedones and their identity. Their religion.What I am alluding to, is that perhaps the Makedones, may also have had their own gods, but due to the sources usage of syncretism, have identifed their gods also as being Hellenic. ...