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- Mon Aug 08, 2016 5:57 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: update Gaugamela model
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8290
Re: update Gaugamela model
Now I can see at least this huge work of yours! Really grand, thanks for sharing!
- Sat Aug 06, 2016 7:40 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Alexander sculpture
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4609
Re: Alexander sculpture
Perhaps you are right, the horseman statuette isn't Alexander, but there are examples of interference in the later portraits of Alexander (e.g. the so-called Capitolium Alexander: he is represented as Helios, clearly not a contemporary identification). All his Italic representations, as the Alexande...
- Fri Aug 05, 2016 6:56 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Alexander sculpture
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4609
Re: Alexander sculpture
Very interesting collection. The most peculiar piece is, IMHO, the first one, the so-called Alexander on horse. Its oddity lies in its curious hair style: at first glance I thought he represented a bald man, now I believe he wore an helmet (lost, or only made of a lost colour over a plaster). The ot...
- Sun Jul 24, 2016 8:44 am
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: War,1600 bC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3486
Re: War,1600 bC
Really interesting te picture with the warriors. It is similar to the one in the well-known Mycenaean knife, in which there are two different typologies of shields. Thanks for sharing!
- Mon Jun 20, 2016 11:24 am
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: help with translation
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3940
Re: help with translation
Hi delos13, really there is a word in ancient Greek very similar to 'Laphria', i.e.:'laphyra' that means 'spoils, booty'(nominative plural of 'laphyron'). In my Greek dictionary there is also an attempt to propose an ethymological explanation of that word (that is a nickname of Artemis, but also of ...
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 6:24 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Rugger
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21534
Re: Rugger
Yes, of course it is a tunic and a belt, but here we can see how plain clothes became symbols and afterwards banners and standards! Do you think the first banner was made explicitly to be a banner? The first banner was a trophy, and here we see the transformation of a dress into a war booty and, sub...
- Tue Jun 14, 2016 11:03 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Rugger
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21534
Re: Rugger
I'm not a specialist, Alexias, but I have read a lot about the Alexander Mosaic; well, I don't remember anyone assuming the standard was a Persian one. It seems, on the contrary, the original painting wanted to represent Darius' defeat by drawing him in the crowd of his enemies (symbolized by the lo...
- Tue Jun 14, 2016 2:48 am
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Rugger
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21534
Re: Rugger
I think a kind of standard or banner is visible on the right in the background of the Alexander Mosaic from Pompei. It is very damaged and it isn't possible to understand its real shape, colour and if there were any figure. But IMHO there is no doubt it isn't a weapon (shaft, lance). Therefore many ...
- Fri Jun 10, 2016 7:02 pm
- Forum: The Diadochi
- Topic: Battle of Magnesia
- Replies: 55
- Views: 113718
Re: Battle of Magnesia
I don't understand why you put here a post on the battle of Magnesia. What about Alexander?
- Sat Jun 04, 2016 7:25 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Opening of Eleutherna Museum in Crete
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2324
Re: Opening of Eleutherna Museum in Crete
Really, really interesting! I visited this place in summer 1988 and the excavations were in progress. I remember very well the stones of the city, but of course had no occasion to see the beautiful objects you posted here. Thank you very much!
- Thu May 12, 2016 6:33 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
- Replies: 1585
- Views: 550849
Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
There is ,normally, a fundamental difference between Apollo's and Alexander's hair: Apollo has a typical bun, or hair knot over his head, while Alexander has the anastolè, ie. some locks - shorter than these that form Apollo's bun - thrown back his forehead freely. This is, IMHO, the major differenc...
- Wed May 11, 2016 6:33 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: The Sword of Alexander in the Batman vs Superman film
- Replies: 47
- Views: 58280
Re: The Sword of Alexander in the Batman vs Superman film
Nevertheless, I remember an epigram of the Palatine Anthology dedicated to one of Alexander's swords that was kept in a temple. Unfortunately I don't remember the number of the epigram!
- Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:55 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: A terrible loss - Agesilaos; Karl
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12514
Re: A terrible loss - Agesilaos; Karl
A lot of thanks, Alexias, for the flowers you sent in behalf of all of us. And I'm very grateful to you for your words too: you interpreted very well my feelings.
- Fri Apr 15, 2016 7:36 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
- Replies: 1585
- Views: 550849
Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
A famous example of a female centaur in Greek art is in the painting of Zeuxis 'The centaur's family'. This excellent Greek painter (second half of the V century B.C.), who decorated the palace of Pella in Archelaos' times (413-399 B.C.), represented a female centaur feeding her twins (Lucian, Zeux....
- Thu Apr 07, 2016 5:30 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: A terrible loss - Agesilaos; Karl
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12514
Re: A terrible loss - Agesilaos; Karl
I didn't ever think to feel a hole so big here in pothos. Only now I realize how we shall miss him, his humour, logic, wit, and - last but not least - his wide knowledge!
Requiescat in pace.
Requiescat in pace.