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- Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:49 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Rereading fire from heaven
- Replies: 71
- Views: 30103
Re: Rereading fire from heaven
Marcus wrote “I think I can honestly say, Dean, that all of Renault's other books are worth reading. The Last of the Wine (Peloponnesian War) is superb, but my personal favourites are The King Must Die and The Bull from the Sea (both about Theseus). I think The Mask of Apollo (in which Alexander fe...
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:39 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Rereading fire from heaven
- Replies: 71
- Views: 30103
Re: Rereading fire from heaven
Oddly enough, I too have been rereading Fire From Heaven. She doesn't say so, but I think Mary Renault may be hinting that Alexander could have accompanied Philip when he presided at the Pythian Games at Delphi (although that might have been in September 346 when Alexander would have been 10). Perha...
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:13 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Images of Alexander
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8040
Re: Images of Alexander
That's an interesting one - in which gallery of the BM is it? The thing is, it clearly has the anastole in the hairstyle, which suggests that it's heavily influenced by Alexander sculptures, if not meant to be Alexander himself. The only thing is, that I'd be a bit surprised if the Etruscans were m...
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:02 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Images of Alexander
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8040
Re: Images of Alexander
I always thought this bust of Alcibiades, which is labeled as a Roman copy of a 4th century Greek sculpture, looked remarkably similar to Alexander and the classic 'Alexander pose'. Oh, yes, that certainly looks like Alexander! I don't think the tilt of the head and the parted lips are right for th...
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:52 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Images of Alexander
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8040
Re: Images of Alexander
the little fellow is wearing an elephant headress and he does look remarkably like Alexander to me. :) He does, doesn't he? Although I supose he could be a Selucid. This is another possible, although less likely, Alexander, also from the British Museum (in the King's Library if anyone wants to go a...
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:37 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Images of Alexander
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8040
Images of Alexander
Just thought I would share this image. It's an Etruscan terracotta head from the British Museum c300-250 BC. It is not labelled as Alexander, but it certainly looks like it has been influenced by his image, even if it isn't meant to be him. DSCI0997---Copy.jpg The quality of the photo isn't very goo...
- Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:47 am
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Good history book on Philip
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5757
Re: Good history book on Philip
Philip of Macedon by Nicholas Hammond. Although scholarly, I found it engaging and easy to read although I think a reader might need to know something about the background to start with, so if you are looking for an introduction it might not be the best book.
- Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:21 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Latest on Alexander's death
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11914
Re: Latest on Alexander's death
Agree completely that it is difficult to believe that Alexander's death was anything but natural causes, because if it was a coup, nobody appears to have been ready to take over but rather they were thrown into complete confusion, and if he was murdered for purely personal reasons, it is also diffic...
- Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:12 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Anniversary of Alexander's death
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9981
Re: Anniversary of Alexander's death
Funny how there's always an excuse for every atrocity Alexander ever committed. Somehow, nothing was never really his fault. I think it would be nice if, for once, people would give some thought to Alexander's victims, and commemorate them, rather than their glamorous killer. The men who never retu...
- Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:15 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Anniversary of Alexander's death
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9981
Re: Anniversary of Alexander's death
True. A robber, too, and a murderer. An alcoholic. An incompetent administrator and a failed empire builder. Not to mention a delusional madman. Undoubtedly far more than a simple conqueror. Apologies to Paralus, I misquoted By our standards, maybe not his. Robber = spoils of war Murderer = Cleitus...
- Wed May 26, 2010 9:51 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: The Tomb of Olympias
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6816
Re: The Tomb of Olympias
Thank you, Ruthaki. Any idea what date that unidentified tomb is? Or what date they are likely to have re-interred Olympias?
- Tue May 18, 2010 12:21 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Communication between Alexander and Roxana
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6189
Re: Communication between Alexander and Roxana
Would Roxane even have spoken Persian, or did the Sogdians have a different language? Darius's daughters were taught Greek while they remained at Susa, so it is likely Roxane was taught Greek, probably by Barsine who, although Persian, was the widow of two Greeks.
- Sun May 16, 2010 4:07 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: The Tomb of Olympias
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6816
The Tomb of Olympias
Is this of interest to anybody? A friend recently gave me a copy of an article in Hesperia 1949 in which Charles Edson argues for the identification of Pydna with the modern village of Makriyialos (5 kilometres north-east of Kitros which I believe is the modern identification of Pydna). He discusses...
- Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:38 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: A review of 'Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4953
Re: A review of 'Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander'
Frustrating, yes! I'm glad you didn't find my comments offensive - I wasn't sure if JR's views were considered sacred. I never did understand the 'eminence grise' - it sounds like Hephaestion was some grey, mysterious, Machiavellian cardinal. Now there would be a novel! I shall go and begin reading ...
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:21 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: A review of 'Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4953
Re: A review of 'Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander'
Dear Fiona, Thank you very much for this review. You certainly make it seem a very vibrant and interesting read, and the book is next on my list to read. I have so far only read Jeanne Reames chapter - which a found a rather negative view of Hephaestion, a re-working of her doctoral thesis and not r...