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by chris_taylor
Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:45 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Dionysius of Halikarnassos
Replies: 10
Views: 2354

Re: Dionysius of Halikarnassos

marcus wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:32 pm I hadn't seen the Dionysius version of the story before, which it seems came originally from Hegesias of Magnesia. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On Literary Composition, Chap 18.)
Marcus, welcome back from me, too. Good to see you :)
by chris_taylor
Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:06 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 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 ...
by chris_taylor
Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
Replies: 13
Views: 1886

Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander

Thank you for this photo. Am I right in thinking that the photo shows a built up pathway on the right slope? I know Alexander had, certainly later on, excellent engineers, but this looks too big a construction to have been done rapidly, and speed was Alexander's intention. Maybe therefore the const...
by chris_taylor
Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
Replies: 13
Views: 1886

Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander

That's an amazing photo and assuming this is a pass between Olympus and Dion, then it is a possible location for the crossing. Apparently, Friedrich Staehlin was an expert on ancient Thessaly, so his views are not to be discarded lightly. I'd be keen to match this to an exact location. did you get t...
by chris_taylor
Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:02 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: An Unconventional Take on the Vergina Tomb: Is it Alexander’s?
Replies: 5
Views: 840

Re: An Unconventional Take on the Vergina Tomb: Is it Alexander’s?

Incidentally, I have been thinking about Hephaestion's funeral lately and the pyre described by Diodorus I think, must refer to Alexander's planned monument. A pyre that size would have reduced any bones to ash, and it seems to have been the Macedonian custom to gather the large bones and inter the...
by chris_taylor
Tue Aug 29, 2023 7:05 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Ancient Babylon 3D reconstruction
Replies: 8
Views: 2384

Re: Ancient Babylon 3D reconstruction

thanks for the best wishes for travel. but west of Pakistan, it doesn't look as rosy as you think for people wanting to retrace his route: * Turkey was struck by an earthquake earlier this year that affected tens of thousands around the wider area of the battle of Issus. (I did see the Granicus batt...
by chris_taylor
Sun Aug 27, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: Retracing Alexander's route through Uzbekistan
Replies: 1
Views: 1718

Retracing Alexander's route through Uzbekistan

I found a UK based travel agent who can arrange a custom made tour that follows Alexanders footsteps through Uzbekistan & Takjikistan. The only section not accessible is along the Amyr Darya to Kelif where he crossed the river. the border crossings are still closed. Mosque visits are optional, t...
by chris_taylor
Sun Aug 27, 2023 5:37 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Ancient Babylon 3D reconstruction
Replies: 8
Views: 2384

Re: Ancient Babylon 3D reconstruction

woa, thanks to all for this thread. narrowing down where Alexander spent his last hours. Amazing!
by chris_taylor
Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:48 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Historical Perspective and Medical Maladies of Alexander the Great
Replies: 4
Views: 2266

Re: Historical Perspective and Medical Maladies of Alexander the Great

loved the article !! the language of is spot on. that's exactly how the layman's description of the sources translate into the language of modern medicine - which helps tremendously to visualize the course of Alexander's illness. and yes, the events of this final days are typical of the ascending fo...
by chris_taylor
Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:18 am
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: Excavations in Alexandria
Replies: 4
Views: 2601

Re: Excavations in Alexandria

thanks for posting the link! The paper says: "Now, they have reached down to the bedrock of Alexandria, locating the first roads built in the city, as well as the foundation of an enormous public building over two hundred feet long, which she has yet to fully uncover." my first response to...
by chris_taylor
Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:05 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Historical Perspective and Medical Maladies of Alexander the Great
Replies: 4
Views: 2266

Re: Historical Perspective and Medical Maladies of Alexander the Great

thanks for that. it's an unusually good article on the topic because the docs who wrote it stick to the sources and have a clear understanding of how diseases do - and do not!! - manifest themselves. don't entirely agree with their conclusions, but it's a very good summary, written by doctors who ac...
by chris_taylor
Sat Jul 15, 2023 6:52 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander translations download
Replies: 2
Views: 1722

Re: Alexander translations download

fantastic resource, but I'm not sure the download is legal? as I understand it, the book came out in 2003, so it's still in copyright.
by chris_taylor
Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:48 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Battle of the Hydaspes
Replies: 6
Views: 2245

Re: Battle of the Hydaspes

"No mention in Indian sources" - beware of anyone using woolly concepts. What is India?? An academic who actually read all sources left by the peoples who inhabited the Indian subcontinent would never dream of saying that. He be specific. He's say there are no mentions of Alexander in writ...
by chris_taylor
Sun May 21, 2023 12:56 pm
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: Bronze statue of Alexander
Replies: 3
Views: 1977

Re: Bronze statue of Alexander

wow. thanks for that.

I've never ever seen that bronze before. anyone know anything more about it?
by chris_taylor
Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:58 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander the Great quotes
Replies: 5
Views: 3132

Re: Alexander the Great quotes

chatGPT says the quote is from Richard Bach (of Jonathan Livington Seagull fame), from his book "A Bridge Across Forever".