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by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 10:00 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #8
Replies: 0
Views: 651

Pliny - The Natural History #8

Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:57 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #7
Replies: 0
Views: 645

Pliny - The Natural History #7

Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:52 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #6
Replies: 0
Views: 640

Pliny - The Natural History #6

Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:35 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #5
Replies: 0
Views: 645

Pliny - The Natural History #5

Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:30 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #4
Replies: 0
Views: 658

Pliny - The Natural History #4

Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:27 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #3
Replies: 0
Views: 642

Pliny - The Natural History #3

Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:25 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #2
Replies: 0
Views: 642

Pliny - The Natural History #2

Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:21 am
Forum: Alexander Sources
Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #1
Replies: 0
Views: 639

Pliny - The Natural History #1

Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
by Alexias
Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:54 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
Replies: 13
Views: 1885

Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander

I was wondering whether these square blocks outlined in black are manmade, to clad the mountain side to prevent rock fall. the wall outlined in red is new, but I agree with the rest of the path. fascinating stuff! I think the square blocks are part of the mountain. They are not concrete and far too...
by Alexias
Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
Replies: 13
Views: 1885

Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander

Where I think the path runs, though I have lost it at the top.

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by Alexias
Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
Replies: 13
Views: 1885

Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander

Sorry, I don't see any smaller stones. That is fairly uniform in construction. You could probably get a mule up that pathway. I am unclear though whether the upright piece of stone in the dead centre of the photo is an upright stone (shaped rather like a man in a long robe) or whether it is a contin...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:28 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: An Unconventional Take on the Vergina Tomb: Is it Alexander’s?
Replies: 5
Views: 839

Re: An Unconventional Take on the Vergina Tomb: Is it Alexander’s?

This isn't a very detailed article, but Ahrweiler is currently 97 years old. With no disrespect intended, I suspect her view that Tomb II is Alexander's is not a recent view but probably one put forward following the tomb's original discovery in 1977. Scientific analysis not available then would pro...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:59 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
Replies: 13
Views: 1885

Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander

Thank you for this photo. Am I right in thinking that the photo shows a built up pathway on the right slope? I know Alexander had, certainly later on, excellent engineers, but this looks too big a construction to have been done rapidly, and speed was Alexander's intention. Maybe therefore the constr...
by Alexias
Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:59 pm
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: The making of aGod ,Netflix
Replies: 1
Views: 863

Re: The making of aGod ,Netflix

Looks like Stone's movie updated by Game of Thrones!
by Alexias
Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:43 am
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: A Worthwhile Documentary on Alexander’s Conquest of Persia
Replies: 1
Views: 1169

Re: A Worthwhile Documentary on Alexander’s Conquest of Persia

Thanks. I have only listened to the first hour so far, up to the start of the Halicarnassus siege. The pronunciation is annoying (computer generated?), and Olympias did not eliminate cousin Amyntas and stepmother Cleopatra on Alexander's orders. If Alexander himself didn't deal with Amyntas, then th...