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- Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:31 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Arrian's 'Darters' and 'Targeteers' ??
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4956
Re: Arrian's 'Darters' and 'Targeteers' ??
I presently have them written as 'skirmishers' and may leave it at that with a footnote. Thanks for the info.
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:59 am
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: New book, critique of the Alexander the "Monster".
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7965
Re: New book, critique of the Alexander the "Monster".
Odd that a book can claim to be based more on the sources and then fail to supply source references! The old canard of avoiding moral judgements whilst supplying apologia :roll: . Only a pschopath or a genius (like Machievelli) could pull off the necessary detachment. Would anyone consider a histor...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:18 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Arrian's 'Darters' and 'Targeteers' ??
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4956
Re: Arrian's 'Darters' and 'Targeteers' ??
Ahh, excellent and timely. Thanks agesilaos. I wrote the entire Sagalassos set piece today but being past 2:00 am here, I'm going to have to do the rewrite tomorrow. Had to pull 3 couplets from the Guagamela set piece over that scythed chariot deal. Few things are more painful than having to delete ...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:42 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Arrian's 'Darters' and 'Targeteers' ??
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4956
Arrian's 'Darters' and 'Targeteers' ??
Hello again Pothosians... I'm presently using an 1812 translation of Arrian by Brooke (because it's one of the only sources I have available on .pdf) that makes mention of Thracian 'Darters' under Sitalces on the left and 'Targeteers' in front on the right at Sagalassos. Does anybody have a clue as ...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:36 pm
- Forum: The Diadochi
- Topic: Antigonus Monopthalmus' Battle at Lycaonia...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11421
Re: Antigonus Monopthalmus' Battle at Lycaonia...
It's possible...but I wouldn't give myself that much credit. I think I read something on Pothos many years ago that may have been inaccurate info. The only other battle which I can recall where the scythed chariots were used was under Pharnabazus in 396 b.c.e. He successfully deployed them by doing ...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:36 am
- Forum: The Diadochi
- Topic: Antigonus Monopthalmus' Battle at Lycaonia...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11421
Antigonus Monopthalmus' Battle at Lycaonia...
Hello Pothosians, Try as I may, and being out of country, I am woefully lacking source material, I cannot find any information on Antigonus' victory at Lycaonia after the Battle of Issus when Antigonus served as the governor of Phrygia for Alexander. Also needed, are the other Phrygian engagements (...
- Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:13 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Crete with Alexander
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4446
Re: Crete with Alexander
Certainly a few invitations to digress here1 :lol: I do want to address the whole class thing and the structure of Argaead society and will...in a fortnight, I still have to read Hatzopoulis without which pronouncing would be as dumb as taking a stressed out batsman /wicket-keeper to an Ashes serie...
- Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:54 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Crete with Alexander
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4446
Re: Crete with Alexander
...... By the time of Issus, ALexander's fortunes had markedly improved, and he hired increasing numbers of mercenaries. This is a point often overlooked in the overall scheme of things. I don't recall reading anywhere that he'd appropriated such vast sums (3000 Talents) of wealth before Issus. And...
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:54 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: News from my publisher re SHADOW OF THE LION
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4317
Re: News from my publisher re SHADOW OF THE LION
Can't wait to see it on a bookstand!
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:14 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Different colored eyes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5565
Re: Different colored eyes
Mary Renault suggested the blow on the head at Cyropolis caused one pupil to dilate, but since the only source is the Romance it would be better to ignore it unless one wants to suggest reasons for Boukephalos' horns and penchant for flesh. :twisted: There was a discussion of this in a thread calle...
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:58 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Face of Alexander the Great
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15889
Re: Face of Alexander the Great
3 Hic est Metellus Macedonicus, qui porticus, quae fuerunt circumdatae duabus aedibus sine inscriptione positis, quae nunc Octaviae porticibus ambiuntur, fecerat, quique hanc turmam statuarum equestrium, quae frontem aedium spectant, hodieque maximum ornamentum eius loci, ex Macedonia detulit. 4 Cu...
- Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:46 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
- Replies: 42
- Views: 56067
Re: Conspiracy against Philotas By Waldemar Heckel
Hello Jan, This was one of the topics that I have targeted for a massive rewrite. As I understand, The Philotas Affair, garnered something like 1/3 of Curtius' necrology. With that in mind, I thought that maybe it was worth another look. Importantly... Philotas and father Parmenion, were possibly, m...
- Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:52 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Have archaeologists discovered the grave of Alexander?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 18406
Re: Have archaeologists discovered the grave of Alexander?
...The Roman Church has tested a few relics, there are scientists at the Vatican, so an examination might be possible. I wouldn't trust a single word from the Roman Church concerning anything scientific unless it benefited their ' program '. If they have the body, it's been kept a secret for centur...
- Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:12 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8039
Re: The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
It seems she did go over to Euboeioa where she observed the tidal bore that Aristotle was examining. Of the few things I did in Greece during my short two week trip there back in '97, I stayed in a hotel for over a week which overlooked that bridge and discussed it with the locals that we were ther...
- Tue Dec 03, 2013 12:29 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Pompeii bronze
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8850
Re: Pompeii bronze
It wouldn't be the 1st Roman bust that was a 'bust'. The face bears no resemblance to ATG at all. But it's always a pleasure to get that off beat pic to add to my bust shot collection.