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by Alexias
Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:18 pm
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: Alexander sculpture
Replies: 9
Views: 4539

Alexander sculpture

I was browsing this website http://edgarlowen.com/greek-art.shtml and came across these items being sold as Alexander http://edgarlowen.com/b2953.jpg Alexander the Great. He sits on his rearing horse holding the reins in one hand and a Macedonian type shield in the other, the whole wonderfully compo...
by Alexias
Fri Jul 22, 2016 9:24 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: War,1600 bC
Replies: 7
Views: 3382

Re: War,1600 bC

He is young. Fortunately they fear less than their elders or the world would not have produced Alexander!
by Alexias
Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:33 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: War,1600 bC
Replies: 7
Views: 3382

Re: War,1600 bC

Fascinating, thanks. I hope this post means John is safe at home and not in Germany at the moment?
by Alexias
Tue Jun 21, 2016 11:36 pm
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Rugger
Replies: 23
Views: 19591

Re: Rugger

In the earliest sources from the Ancient Near East and Egypt, battle standards were symbols of the soldiers' patron god. There does seem to have been a difference between battle standards and more ceremonial totems (for want of a better word). The Sammite image may be something that was used when t...
by Alexias
Mon Jun 20, 2016 11:22 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: help with translation
Replies: 7
Views: 3836

Re: help with translation

There is an interesting article about the Laphria festival here http://books.openedition.org/pulg/1137?lang=en . It suggests that there was no large enough altar excavated at Calydon for the burning of live animals, and that the transfer of the Artemis Laphria image to the re-founded Patrae followin...
by Alexias
Sun Jun 19, 2016 5:25 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: help with translation
Replies: 7
Views: 3836

Re: help with translation

I don't know about the translation, but this is the Wikipedia link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laphria_(festival) . It sounds like a purification ritual, a bit like the Celtic spring festival of Beltane when animals were driven between or through fires to purify them before they were taken out to ...
by Alexias
Fri Jun 17, 2016 6:49 pm
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: The Virtues of War
Replies: 1
Views: 5544

Re: The Virtues of War

What do you like about it?
by Alexias
Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:02 pm
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Rugger
Replies: 23
Views: 19591

Re: Rugger

It certainly is a standard, but it appears to be on the Persian side, so is it a Persian invention?
by Alexias
Mon Jun 13, 2016 10:32 pm
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Rugger
Replies: 23
Views: 19591

Re: Rugger

Thanks. Maybe accents played a part in recognising friend or foe too. There was probably a lot of shouting going on and Athenians made fun of Thebans I believe because they sounded like uncouth to them, and you'd certainly be able to tell whether the other bloke was Greek or Macedonian. Must have be...
by Alexias
Sat Jun 11, 2016 2:02 pm
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Rugger
Replies: 23
Views: 19591

Re: Rugger

Yes, a certain Pommie will be dancing tonight! Sport is very closely linked to war, as the ancient Greeks and the British Empire (sorry) knew. The BBC, as they usually do, showed the Trooping of the Colour today, which for anyone who does not know, is when certain regiments in the British Army parad...
by Alexias
Sat Jun 11, 2016 11:17 am
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Rugger
Replies: 23
Views: 19591

Re: Rugger

Unfortunately it has been pushed out the spotlight a bit today by a certain tournament with a round ball ....

(and the Queen's official birthday, and the cricket)
by Alexias
Thu Jun 09, 2016 8:27 am
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: Waxworks from Skopje
Replies: 3
Views: 3899

Re: Waxworks from Skopje

The waxworks were made in Russia and are on display in Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia. No idea on what they have based the portrait - presumably the available images of Alexander as there isn't anything else except mentions in texts. For me, this face is too fleshy and the expression too anxious....
by Alexias
Sun Jun 05, 2016 8:24 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander's plans for Arabia
Replies: 5
Views: 6196

Re: Alexander's plans for Arabia

I think the main reason for conquering Arabia was to secure the southern Persian Gulf coast to open up trade with India. The mouth of the Euphrates was still open to sea-going ships and would have brought trade into the heart of Persia. The conquest of Arabia had probably been planned since the marc...
by Alexias
Sat May 28, 2016 9:29 pm
Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
Topic: Aristotle's tomb(?)
Replies: 5
Views: 11485

Re: Aristotle's tomb(?)

How's your trip going, Delos? Glad you made it as far afield as Mieza. I thought you were going to spend too long in Delphi to see other places.