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by NickWelman
Mon Mar 11, 2002 7:28 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Olympias and state visits
Replies: 5
Views: 4083

Re: Olympias and state visits

Hello Laura - I like the question - and yes, I can see the importance of knowing if Olympias or other women of the court were involved in state affairs in this manner. From memory, I know of no such occasion. But others here have far more knowledge about the court of Philip. Maybe Tre wants to answe...
by NickWelman
Tue Mar 05, 2002 7:20 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander the Great
Replies: 4
Views: 3237

Re: Alexander the Great

All of West-Asia between the Sea of Marmara to the Indus Valley and most of the Punjab; Egypt too.
Nick
by NickWelman
Mon Mar 04, 2002 7:30 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander
Replies: 3
Views: 3085

Re: Alexander

by NickWelman
Fri Mar 01, 2002 11:16 pm
Forum: Comments, help, suggestions etc
Topic: Alexander the great
Replies: 1
Views: 2906

Re: Alexander the great

Check the "About this author..." options in the information drop-down menu. All your answers should be in there.
Regards -
Nick
by NickWelman
Thu Feb 28, 2002 1:03 pm
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Alexander movies
Replies: 6
Views: 5237

Re: Alexander movies

Hi Marcus - Well, a synopsis of both the Hollywood and the Bollywood movies have been available in the Information section for ages (check Motion Pictures). Later on, I discovered there are actually two versions of the Hollywood movie: the official full length movie (available on VHS) and a little s...
by NickWelman
Thu Feb 28, 2002 1:03 pm
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Alexander movies
Replies: 8
Views: 6089

Re: Alexander movies

Hi Marcus - Well, a synopsis of both the Hollywood and the Bollywood movies have been available in the Information section for ages (check Motion Pictures). Later on, I discovered there are actually two versions of the Hollywood movie: the official full length movie (available on VHS) and a little s...
by NickWelman
Mon Feb 25, 2002 2:15 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Gay or not ?
Replies: 37
Views: 31529

Re: Gay or not ?

I suppose a concept like "the love of his life" - as Laura wrote - is also a projection of our current values on the ancient world. In our present society it is desirable to be able to point out one single individual and claim: "This is the true one." I doubt whether the ancients...
by NickWelman
Fri Feb 22, 2002 7:45 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: What were his goals?
Replies: 16
Views: 15360

Re: What were his goals?

I know this might be 'controversial', but from everything I read Alexander had just one goal: to become the Great King of Persia. Peter Green writes that Alexander thought Greece and Macedonia were expendable. The fact that he chose Babylon as his capital (why not Pella?) is also a sign. In the end ...
by NickWelman
Fri Feb 22, 2002 7:35 am
Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
Topic: Palace of Porus
Replies: 2
Views: 3738

Re: Palace of Porus

Thanks dr. Pal. I had always wondered where the name Pimprama came from - it is only in the Romances, nowhere else. Still, I would like one day to see something like a map of ancient India according to your findings. (Most maps I know generally show Taxila, Muttra (Mathura), and Pataliputra and Patt...
by NickWelman
Thu Feb 21, 2002 10:54 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander and Aristotel
Replies: 16
Views: 12574

Re: Alexander and Aristotle

As far as I know none of them survived - if they were ever written at all (?) - at least nothing survived that can be regarded as genuine. Many letters between Alexander and Aristotle were forged during the composition of the Alexander Romances in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. You might find t...
by NickWelman
Mon Feb 18, 2002 7:49 am
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: books on alexander's military skill?
Replies: 7
Views: 6403

Re: sorry for deleting the proper one too

At your service, John. I had not noticed that one. Though it appeared less abusive than the previous one, I think we should keep the Forum clean of abusing eachother.
Thanks,
Nick
by NickWelman
Sun Feb 17, 2002 10:47 pm
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: books on alexander's military skill?
Replies: 7
Views: 6403

sorry for deleting the proper one too

Sorry. I thought it wise to delete that abusive "reading" comment. However, I cannot delete a 'root' posting without deleting its follow ups too. So a genuine follow up comment has gone lost. My sincere apologies.
Nick
by NickWelman
Sun Feb 17, 2002 5:36 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: Cameo of Nebuchdrezzar
Replies: 1
Views: 3120

Re: Cameo of Nebuchdrezzar

Dear dr. Pal -
This is not at all my topic... But it is interesting! Thank you. I will dive into the matter soon.
Best regards,
Nick
by NickWelman
Sun Feb 17, 2002 5:34 pm
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: books on alexander's military skill?
Replies: 7
Views: 6403

Re: books on alexander's military skill?

Sikander has a number of them in his upcoming review list. Here is my summary: Fuller - The Generalship of Alexanderpublished around 1960, but probably still the best survey of the topic. Dodge - Alexanderpublished in 1890 (!!!), romantic, supposedly inaccurate according to modern standards, but not...
by NickWelman
Fri Feb 15, 2002 11:01 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: medieval Alexander
Replies: 2
Views: 3610

Re: medieval Alexander

There is very little on the web... You need to get hold of Richard Stoneman's "Legends of Alexander the Great" - or check my synopsis of some Medieval sources under "Legends" in the Information section. As far as I can see, Richard Stoneman is the one and only real world authorit...