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- Fri May 20, 2016 1:25 am
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: The Sword of Alexander in the Batman vs Superman film
- Replies: 47
- Views: 46864
Re: The Sword of Alexander in the Batman vs Superman film
Sean -- I'm not a great expert on metallurgy, but there has been some on the Hittite development of iron recently. I don't have citations. Check Snell's Blackwell's Companion to the Ancient Near East. That's rather earlier than Greek, however.
- Tue May 17, 2016 9:14 am
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: The Sword of Alexander in the Batman vs Superman film
- Replies: 47
- Views: 46864
Re: The Sword of Alexander in the Batman vs Superman film
Some of the stuff being quoted here is sorta weird. Modern bibliography of import: Hanson, who most folks here seem to know, but also Hans van Wees, and while I may not agree with some of his conclusions, he has several key correctives to Hanson. Those are the two heading the different versions of h...
- Thu May 12, 2016 7:53 am
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: The Sword of Alexander in the Batman vs Superman film
- Replies: 47
- Views: 46864
Re: The Sword of Alexander in the Batman vs Superman film
Amyntoros, that quote reminds me just a tad of Homer's epithet for Agamemnon, "a great spear-fighter." Also, somewhere in the literature is a reference not only to the aigis of Athena, but also her spear. Any quick glance at artwork, especially pre-Hellenistic, shows mostly spears with sol...
- Wed May 11, 2016 6:54 am
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: The Sword of Alexander in the Batman vs Superman film
- Replies: 47
- Views: 46864
Re: The Sword of Alexander in the Batman vs Superman film
Mostly I see this as an indication that Hollywood doesn't understand ancient Greek/Macedonian warfare--which is not great suprise. They rarely do. Any sword of Alexander would have been his secondary weapon, and it's (probably) among the treasures from Tomb II at Vergina. ;> I *continually* have to ...
- Thu May 05, 2016 8:48 am
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
- Replies: 42
- Views: 51387
Re: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
There's a series of articles about this topic. At the risk of sounding arrogant and citing myself, see the link below. I note it because I cite the academic "conversation" in articles about the Philotas Affair. Waldemar was replying to Badian's, who was responding to Tarn. Rubinsohn write ...
- Thu May 05, 2016 8:35 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: A terrible loss - Agesilaos; Karl
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12128
Re: A terrible loss - Agesilaos; Karl
Thank you for the flowers sent on behalf of Pothos. I hope he's smiling down from Elysion.
- Sat Apr 23, 2016 6:06 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: A terrible loss - Agesilaos; Karl
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12128
Re: A terrible loss - Agesilaos; Karl
I am very sorry to hear this. While I did not know him well, we interacted quite a bit, off and on, since he became active on Pothos. He knew his material, and I respected his intellect, even when we didn't agree. Not agreeing is, after all, the nature of scholarship. :-) He always struck me as some...
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:26 am
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Hephaestion
- Replies: 27
- Views: 52393
Re: Hephaestion
Kahiel -- On my website under "Sources" (link below), you'll find a list of modern bibliography for Hephaistion, including several works by Sabine Muller, not mentioned here (in part perhaps because much of her work is in German). While Sabine and I do not agree on everything, nonetheless,...
- Fri Dec 25, 2015 9:38 am
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Amyntor Amyntoros
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22338
Re: Amyntor Amyntoros
Will do, Alexias. I'm quite curious about where these names appear, and I'm currently doing a map-label for areas Mygdonia, Thessaly, et al., north. Although the region of the Black Sea, is largely Greek, and mostly divorced from Macedonia. I'm not just looking at Hephaistion, either, but all names ...
- Fri Dec 25, 2015 9:25 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Statues of Alexander and Hephaestion, National Museum of Athens
- Replies: 38
- Views: 18414
Re: Statues of Alexander and Hephaestion, National Museum of Athens
This "Hephaistion" is arguably Demetrios (the Besieger). As for physical comparisons, Curtius has one, as well, which I translate (as exactly as possible): "And although he was around the king's same age, he was of a larger physique." That doesn't necessarily mean he was taller ,...
- Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:24 am
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Amyntor Amyntoros
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22338
Re: Amyntor Amyntoros
First, there is no such thing as "capitalization" in ancient inscriptions; there was no distinction between "upper" and "lower" case. That's Byzantine and later. The inscription reads AMYNTOR GERONTOS MAKEDON, so you can't make anything out of it being capitalized. That...
- Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:26 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Hephaestion tomb II
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3939
- Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:54 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Hephaestion tomb II
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3939
Re: Hephaestion tomb II
I'd like to see a great deal more evidence, but as somebody who's spent a LOT of time with Hephaistion and all textual evidence, color me skeptical. I see all sorts of questions. Neck-deep in university stuff, but just popping in to issue caution. IF it was originally meant for Hephaistion (big if),...
- Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:39 am
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: The occupant of Tomb III
- Replies: 49
- Views: 32920
Re: The occupant of Tomb III
Forensic facial reconstruction was done on the remains found in Tomb II, now confirmed to be that of Philip II... Just a quick correction. There is no confirmation that Tomb II belonged to Philip II. That's been a contested assignment almost since Andronikos announced it, and in recent years, fewer...
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 12:43 am
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: "Murder in Babylon" by Graham Phillips
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14115
Re: "Murder in Babylon" by Graham Phillips
You'd better get writing, Xenophon! That actually sounds like a doable plot. I'd read it (even if I knew the ending)!