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tHE POLYANDRION (GRAVE OF MEN FALLEN IN BATTLE) OF THE MACEDONIANS

L ETTER OF THE ARCHEOLOGUE sOTIRIADIS

An answer to Alexias

Part of one leg ,with wound

About the stigils of the warriors of the sacred band. ( The exhibition post to be continued... )

Only poor stigils for the defeated ,given by their parents . To the eyes of Fhilip they were (now) only citizens

About the skull of the warrior of the sacred band.Sorry for this up-down and the 2 identical photos

The skull of a warrior of the sacred band

And the hands. Who was him ? his name ? his lover ?

Not a pleasant sight .The Macedonians allow only strigils and simple cheap vases for them .They were defeated , so non buried with their weapons

The Macedonians cut them in pieces , first a blow on the feet , second blow on the back of the head

The first ''polyandrion '' not profaned by ancient robbers in Hellas

So, too much death and sorrow.And defeat , but also eternal glory

I promisse !

To Marcus .I shall visit the exbition and taking the more possible fotos .Of course is another feeling being there , and see the remains of the men of the Sacred Band and the remains of the Macedonians ! Anyway , as you probably heard from the podcast the battle was a real slaughter-Alexander was th...