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Well, I did wonder when I just read Marcus's question who Ion is if anyone would be able to tell him before I do. Ion is a character in a play by Euripides called ION. He is the father of the Ionians as such. Just to get to the nitty gritty. I use Euripides as much as I do the Iliad since Euripides ...

Well, to be honest, most everything that I am using is based upon the books that I have been reading, and I actually wondered if I should use footnotes to give credit to those authors whose works I am quoting or developing. I am following historical data very rigidly and exactly, but I am using a co...

That is all very interesting, as first of all Thebes is evidence about anyone not submitting to his rule, and that was early on in the game. As for Callisthenes and Aristobulus, I recall that it had been Callisthenes because when it was discussed, it was also in concert with several other arguments ...

Peter, Richard, Bessusww, whatever your real name is, I have sent you a message at facebook and also made a friend request. I would like to see the photos of the brass replica of the ivory carving since you have mentioned it here. Thanks, Jan I go by my real name at facebook. It is Janet Fauble.

I just hope that it didn't resemble Dick Cheney's head tilt. I always noticed that he had a neck problem as well.

I would imagine that Oliver Stone, or Colin Farrell, if truly fans of Alexander, could well afford to purchase any of these. Donald Trump would or could if he wanted to add to his collection of artifacts, coins, or whatever. Personally, I collected Franklin Mint coins years ago and ended up selling ...

HI Marcus, Thanks for reminding me what it sounds like when I suddenly erupt with another of my recollections from the past. Of course, they are not anything but the basis for a novel, not for a history book. I understand well why fiction allows a person to tell a story based upon extraordinary expe...

Yes, Marcus, I was actually using Peter Green, and I did see that he had used both Celts and Treballians in his examination of this time period. I do not disagree with you about that, but I do about decimation and merciless. At the Battle of Charonea, he saw to it that all the Sacred Band were kille...

HI Richard, I just went to youtube to see John Wayne in The Conquerors with Susan Hayward...now that is the joke of all time if you ask me, John Wayne playing Genghis Khan...the voice alone was so dreadful that it was like scraping your fingers down a chalkboard! AGH! NONONONO! Oh NO! YIkes!

Oh, and speaking of Oscars, I did see the movie The King's Speech. Excellent film. I liked it a lot. Recommend it highly. Jan

Hello Richard, I have not seen the most recent version of True Grit as I am a died in the wool John Wayne fan too. Nobody but he could be Rooster! By the way, welcome to the group. I had not known that the Duke had portrayed Genghis Khan until you mentioned it here. I must see that film now. What is...

All these cruelties are very interesting when one considers that early in his career shortly after the death of Philip, when he had to assert his own authority and power, he confronted the getae and the Treballians. He was merciless in his decimation of tribes from the first, and when the Triballian...

This is an interesting situation that Alexander and Philotas find themselves in, as had not Parmenio warned Philotas several times not to be "bigger than his britches", lauding his own successes over those of Alexander? I had read that he had actually claimed that it was he and his father ...

Well, these conversations were quite interesting to me. I tweeted and facedbooked each part.

I tweeted this and will put it on my blogspot. Liked the images but not the sound system...too noisy...