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by tei
Tue Jan 24, 2023 3:33 am
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: Romm’s Review of British Library’s “Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth”
Replies: 1
Views: 1021

Re: Romm’s Review of British Library’s “Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth”

Alexander's Feast isn't an opera, it's an oratorio! :P

Other than that, sounds like great fun!
by tei
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:33 am
Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
Topic: Alexander's literate grandmother
Replies: 5
Views: 3900

Re: Alexander's literate grandmother

Wonderful, thank you both!
by tei
Sun Jan 01, 2023 3:25 am
Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
Topic: Alexander's literate grandmother
Replies: 5
Views: 3900

Alexander's literate grandmother

I seem to recall reading somewhere that there is an inscription on a statue dedicated by Alexander's grandmother, something written by her in celebration of her achievement of learning to write. Can't find it again or recall the details-- does this ring any bells for anyone? (I think it was in or ne...
by tei
Fri Oct 28, 2022 6:03 pm
Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
Topic: Hephaiston's death
Replies: 21
Views: 34120

Re: Hephaiston's death

So sorry about your friend, that's terrible.

An interesting comment on Hephaestion's death that was in a footnote of the Landmark edition of Arrian— iirc, it pointed out that malaria is often characterized by extreme thirst in the final stages, which would explain him supposedly guzzling wine.
by tei
Tue Aug 16, 2022 4:29 am
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: An hour at the Met
Replies: 3
Views: 3263

Re: An hour at the Met

Hehe. So, I actually ended up having my flight changed, and now I have a whole day. So, I will definitely look out for these! Thank you!
by tei
Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:01 pm
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: An hour at the Met
Replies: 3
Views: 3263

An hour at the Met

I'm going to be flying into New York later this month, then pretty much immediately leaving the city. However, I am hoping to be able to eke out a single hour at the Met museum. I've never been before, and the 1-hour time limit is strict. So... I need some help :shock: The website says they have 30,...
by tei
Thu Jun 09, 2022 4:46 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander's appearance
Replies: 2
Views: 3988

Re: Alexander's appearance

Well, I suppose it's all a matter of taste :P Interesting about the twisted neck theory. I remember something about him supposedly holding his head habitually to one side but don't remember where it was from-- however, given that he was seriously wounded in one shoulder at Gaza, it doesn't seem unbe...
by tei
Wed May 11, 2022 1:34 am
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: The story of Drypetis
Replies: 2
Views: 5154

Re: The story of Drypetis

Ooh, thank you! I had actually been looking for something to read in French, which I read only OK. It looks like this is this author's second book on Alexander, and there's also Le Tigre bleu de l’Euphrate— have you read that one?
by tei
Thu Mar 17, 2022 2:13 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Maps
Replies: 2
Views: 3329

Re: Maps

Thank you so much, perfect!
by tei
Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:59 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Maps
Replies: 2
Views: 3329

Maps

Does anyone have recommendations for good maps showing Alexander's route (or hypotheses thereof, in sections where the geography is unclear) in relative detail? The Landmark edition of Arrian had a good one, but I had to give it back to the library :( Is there anything online?
by tei
Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:03 am
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Alexander in the "Porus" series
Replies: 18
Views: 30696

Re: Alexander in the "Porus" series

Okay, I'm convinced... but I don't watch that much TV and am unlikely to make it through 250 episodes. Anyone have a "top 10 Porus episodes for the discerning Alexander nerd" rec list? 😝
by tei
Wed Mar 02, 2022 3:52 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander the Great and his 'equality'
Replies: 96
Views: 52424

Re: Alexander the Great and his 'equality'

Wow, this was a wild ride 😂 Thank you for pulling it up from the depths!
by tei
Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:28 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: New members: Ask a question
Replies: 15
Views: 13019

Re: New members: Ask a question

I don't know if "manipulation" would really be the right word, because it implies a modern understanding of what being a "historian" is. We assume historians today to be actively engaged in trying to counteract, or at least acknowledge, their own biases, and present a picture of ...
by tei
Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:05 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Did Alexander carry out a Massacre in Asia Minor
Replies: 10
Views: 8550

Re: Did Alexander carry out a Massacre in Asia Minor

IIRC, the armies of most of the Greek city-states, and in general most armies before Philip's professionalization of the Macedonian army, were wither not paid at all or paid very little-- the promise of plunder was, essentially, salary. So even though Alexander's men were being paid (for the most pa...