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- Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:40 am
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: The Making of a God
- Replies: 6
- Views: 595
Re: The Making of a God
The show’s Hephaestion was a bit too tame for me. While his portrayal as the BFF, counselor, and diplomat was fairly good, I can’t see the show’s Hephaestion torturing Philotas, crossing swords with Craterus, or fighting with Eumenes. I have the same opinion. Hephaistion appears weak-willed and pra...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:27 am
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Dr. Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix, & More…
- Replies: 0
- Views: 79
Dr. Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix, & More…
https://www.thecollector.com/paul-cartl ... interview/
Interesting interview with a few new insights… Seems slightly less hostile to Hephaestion than usual…
Interesting interview with a few new insights… Seems slightly less hostile to Hephaestion than usual…
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:11 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Historical Consultant on Netflix’s ‘Alexander: The Making of a God’
- Replies: 2
- Views: 322
Historical Consultant on Netflix’s ‘Alexander: The Making of a God’
Congrats to our own Dr. Reames for her work as the historical consultant of the Netflix series. Here’s the press release from her university on this - https://www.unomaha.edu/news/2024/01/uno-professor-dr-jeanne-reames-serves-as-senior-historical-consultant-on-netflixs-alexander-the-making-of-a-god....
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 6:56 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: An Unconventional Take on the Vergina Tomb: Is it Alexander’s?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 840
Re: An Unconventional Take on the Vergina Tomb: Is it Alexander’s?
Thank you for the reference, Dr. Reames. I have ordered it.
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 6:54 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: The Making of a God
- Replies: 6
- Views: 595
Re: The Making of a God
I sort of enjoyed it given my expectations, meaning that the ‘expectations-performance gap’ was small for me. (I am an amateur, someone who loves the history of Alexander, not an Alexander historian.) While I did not particularly care for the brooding Alexander, I thought that the actor did a decent...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:53 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: An Unconventional Take on the Vergina Tomb: Is it Alexander’s?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 840
Re: An Unconventional Take on the Vergina Tomb: Is it Alexander’s?
Alexias and Chris, you may find the following articles on Hephaestion’s funeral pyre interesting. Due to copyright considerations, I am mostly providing the references, unless the articles are found on the net. Angeliki Kottaridi - https://www.academia.edu/5870380/Macedonian_Burial_Customs_and_the_F...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:35 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1886
Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
Thank you, System1988! Your post made me do some research as it is very intriguing. Here’s an interesting academic article on the topic, which raises some interesting questions about ‘Alexander’s Ladder’ - https://www.academia.edu/1570294/Alexander_at_Tempe_Polyaenus_4_3_21_Old_memories_for_tourists...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:13 pm
- Forum: Philip and Alexander's predecessors
- Topic: Tomb II or I?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12978
Re: Tomb II or I?
Another article on the topic - https://www.livescience.com/51443-phili ... hotos.html
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:07 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: An Unconventional Take on the Vergina Tomb: Is it Alexander’s?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 840
An Unconventional Take on the Vergina Tomb: Is it Alexander’s?
https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/debating-the-vergina-tomb-a-greek-scholarly-rivalry-between-ahrweilers-assertion-of-alexanders-resting-place-vs-kottaridis-evidence-for-philip-ii (Given how respectable Ahrweiler (https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/ahrweiler-helene-1926-hele...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Today
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1366
Re: Today
Thank you,System1988! It is very exciting!
Here’s a CNN link about the palace reopening - https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/07/travel/g ... index.html.
Here’s a CNN link about the palace reopening - https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/07/travel/g ... index.html.
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 7:14 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Alexander’s Indian Campaign and Beyond
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1396
Alexander’s Indian Campaign and Beyond
Part II of the Kings and Generals’ documentary on Alexander the Great - https://youtu.be/XXK-vN1J61w?si=uRkEBgAzszR2LySp&t=4.
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:42 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: A Worthwhile Documentary on Alexander’s Conquest of Persia
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1170
A Worthwhile Documentary on Alexander’s Conquest of Persia
A three-hour documentary on Alexander the Great’s Persian Conquest, by Kings and Generals on YouTube, is worth watching. (Please note that I am not a historian.) Here’s the link - https://youtu.be/ApZf0BaaTmo?si=6Tu2OP0eQBv8wbME&t=5.
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 10:39 am
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Alexander the Great Coming to Netflix?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4086
Re: Alexander the Great Coming to Netflix?
Netflix has announced the global release date - January 31, 2024. For more information about the six part docudrama, please see https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/a ... cumentary/
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 2:25 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: “Alexander the Great and His Injury in Kyropolis Reconsidered”
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2717
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:38 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: New historical fiction on Alexander and friends
- Replies: 30
- Views: 112592
Re: New historical fiction on Alexander and friends
Greetings Sikander: I also enjoyed reading ‘Aniketos.’ I thought it was an easier read than the first book, which was made difficult by an unusually harsh portrayal of both Philip and Olympias. If the first volume was a treatise on power, the second one was on change and immutability. In a world of ...