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- Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:08 am
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Oh Lord, what next?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6982
- Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:07 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Head Tilt
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3904
Re: Head Tilt
Or it may just have been an affectation as with Alcibiades, who, according to Plutarch, also tilted his head.
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:41 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Oh Lord, what next?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6982
Re: Oh Lord, what next?
Sorry, not Dan Simmons. His books are about the Iliad (got things a bit mixed up there)
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:36 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Oh Lord, what next?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6982
Re: Oh Lord, what next?
Not to mention science fiction, where Alexander looms large. There are some very good novels by Arthur C. Clarke, Steven Baxter, Dan Simmons and Ben Bova. And then there's poetry, operas and Restoration Plays. Modern plays and musicals. Heavy Metal. Alexander lives and reigns and conquers the world,...
- Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:13 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Books I got for Christmas
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3783
Re: Books I got for Christmas
Oh good for you, Fiona. I don't know how you are going to get them read with all the posting you do, but I am sure you are going to enjoy them (especially the ones by our friends here). I'm so busy reading, that I don't have time for posting much, and when I post or write to friends, my posts and em...
- Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:00 am
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Looking for a reading partner
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7163
- Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:01 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Looking for a reading partner
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7163
Re: Looking for a reading partner
Are you sure your name isn't Cleitus?
This is going to be fun! I am so looking forward to it.
On to Bosworth! Sounds like something Richard III might have said, only he lost there, more's the pity
This is going to be fun! I am so looking forward to it.
On to Bosworth! Sounds like something Richard III might have said, only he lost there, more's the pity
- Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:13 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Looking for a reading partner
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7163
Re: Looking for a reading partner
Of course you can join, Amyntoros (with a name like that, who could resist you), but I have to warn you, you are of the august company , so please don't steam-roll all over us.
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:37 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Looking for a reading partner
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7163
Re: Looking for a reading partner
Oh dear, here I was, hoping to keep my feeble attempts at deduction to a limited number of readers. Sigh! Well, if it has to be, so be it. Bosworth will be fine by me, I've got the book. And thanks to Val for supporting me in my inadequacy. Susanne Gods! Why do i agree to this? Whom the Gods would d...
- Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:55 am
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Looking for a reading partner
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7163
Re: Looking for a reading partner
Hi Fiona, Here is one person coming up. I, too, would like to discuss Alexander and his times and achievements with someone else. Though I don't know why you shy from the august company here on Pothos, you are so knowledgeable yourself and so well read. I, myself, have felt a bit reluctant to enter ...
- Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:31 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Has anyone read this new novel yet?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7964
Re: Has anyone read this new novel yet?
I have just finished reading it and must say, that it is a rather dull and dry read. It is basically a story about a young Tyrian and his great love, the daughter of Abdalonymus (of the Alexander Sarcophagus fame) interwowen with the story of Alexander's conquest of Sidon and Tyre. The novel is well...
- Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:27 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: New Michael Wood documentary
- Replies: 40
- Views: 17161
Re: New Michael Wood documentary
You are quite right, Amyntoros, the papyrus shown in the documentary is the one in the Sackler Library in Oxford.
Susanne
Susanne
- Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:55 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: New Novel
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5781
Re: New Novel
Hello Derek, I have recommended all your novels to my Alexander friends as I find them to be really good, some of the best recent Alexander fiction out there. There is not a lot of it around, so it is a pleasant surprise to come across some really good stuff. I know what you mean by 'a bit of a slog...
- Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:58 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6480
Re: Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture
Oh, come on......................Shatner's not half bad as Alexander. He certainly knows how to ride a horse (no saddle and all), which is more than can be said for Burton, whose exploits as a member of the Companion Cavalry consists of walking his horse across the battlefield of Chaeronea. Walking!...
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:50 am
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: New Michael Wood documentary
- Replies: 40
- Views: 17161
Re: New Michael Wood documentary
We do, indeed, Marcus. According to Maya Vision International, the producers, the programme will be aired on The History Channel/BBC Worldwide on 14th September at 9 p.m.. It's titled 'Alexander's Greatest Battle' and lasts 50 minutes. This is what it says on their website : Michael Wood travels thr...