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System1988 found this item about a Roman-era shield button bearing an image of Alexander. It was found in Denmark by metal detectorists. https://greekreporter.com/2024/04/12/bronze-fitting-depicting-alexander-the-great-found-in-denmark/#:~:text=The%20discovery%20was%20made%20by,face%20of%20Alexande...

Alexias wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:01 pm A few pictures/videos on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pompeii_parco_archeologico/

Super! I don't have Instagram, so cannot see all the pictures in their entirety; but they look gorgeous

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68777741 The three-part series, Pompeii: The New Dig, begins on Monday 15 April, 21:00 BST, on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. It will become available internationally. There is also an Open University website connected with the series. iPlayer link https://w...

Right, writers weren't interested in intimate details of men's relationship, but they were very interested in royal behaviour and who exercised power. Hephaestion was taller and more handsome than Alexander and it might have appeared that he held the power in their relationship. Therefore ancient w...

I'm sure there was an island called Peuce in the Danube delta and obviously quite well known in the ancient world, It's interesting that I was looking up something else entirely, and ended up click a link to the Wiki page on Peuce. Obviously there's no guarantee that this is correct; but there's a ...

But there is another school of thought suggesting that subsequent or Roman writers have erased the sexual partnership between Alexander and Hephaestion because their relationship did not fit the norm of acceptable pederasty as practiced in Greek and Macedonian culture (expressed by the words 'erast...

Try this site. It's enormously comprehensive. Very useful. Takes a bit of poking to figure it out, but I used it extensively for my digital epigraphy project. TOPOS TEXT I have to echo Jeanne's recommendation here. It's a fantastic website, and includes quite a few lesser-known texts. It's worth no...

S-Oden wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:18 pm MI-6 needs to cut you some slack (I know, I know, but it remains a good joke).

Ha ha!

True, but who would save the world if I weren't around to do it?

chris_taylor wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:36 pm Hi all, it's been a long time, life got in the way pleased to be back.

Hi Chris - good to see you back!

It's full-circle time for both of us, eh, Marcus? :) Not 'arf. Pressures of work, and some personal stuff, kept me away from Pothos for too long. Some of the personal issues are resolved (sort of), and I am in the middle of taking steps to redress my work-life balance where work is concerned. So my...

Hi Alexias, Congratulations on taking over the Pothos mantle - I was away for most of the last week, so was quite surprised to see all that has been going on behind the scenes. I was trying to send you a PM, but for some reason couldn't find you on the list of members. If you get a chance, drop me a...

S-Oden wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:19 pm It has been the proverbial month of Sundays since I've darkened the threshold of Pothos.org. But, I'm back.

Hi Scott,

Great to see you. I've been away from Pothos for a long time, but recently came back, too.

That's great. And now my imagination is running away with me ... if it was found in the Tigris, was it lost when the army crossed the river on the way to Gaugamela? The river was swift-flowing, and no doubt quite a lot of men lost various items as they struggled to cross!

I second that - definitely worth a read! (Then again, I'll read pretty much everything written by, or edited by Heckel. It's a shame he's now retired, as his output is likely to fall off completely, now, or at least be severely curtailed!

Great thread! I'm loving these pictures.