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- Wed May 26, 2010 9:51 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: The Tomb of Olympias
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6788
Re: The Tomb of Olympias
Thank you, Ruthaki. Any idea what date that unidentified tomb is? Or what date they are likely to have re-interred Olympias?
- Tue May 18, 2010 12:21 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Communication between Alexander and Roxana
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6138
Re: Communication between Alexander and Roxana
Would Roxane even have spoken Persian, or did the Sogdians have a different language? Darius's daughters were taught Greek while they remained at Susa, so it is likely Roxane was taught Greek, probably by Barsine who, although Persian, was the widow of two Greeks.
- Sun May 16, 2010 4:07 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: The Tomb of Olympias
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6788
The Tomb of Olympias
Is this of interest to anybody? A friend recently gave me a copy of an article in Hesperia 1949 in which Charles Edson argues for the identification of Pydna with the modern village of Makriyialos (5 kilometres north-east of Kitros which I believe is the modern identification of Pydna). He discusses...
- Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:38 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: A review of 'Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4927
Re: A review of 'Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander'
Frustrating, yes! I'm glad you didn't find my comments offensive - I wasn't sure if JR's views were considered sacred. I never did understand the 'eminence grise' - it sounds like Hephaestion was some grey, mysterious, Machiavellian cardinal. Now there would be a novel! I shall go and begin reading ...
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:21 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: A review of 'Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4927
Re: A review of 'Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander'
Dear Fiona, Thank you very much for this review. You certainly make it seem a very vibrant and interesting read, and the book is next on my list to read. I have so far only read Jeanne Reames chapter - which a found a rather negative view of Hephaestion, a re-working of her doctoral thesis and not r...
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:01 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Macedonian army...winter clothing.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6623
Re: Macedonian army...winter clothing.
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- Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:27 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: When and why did Antipater dispatch Cassander to Alexander?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3113
Re: When and why did Antipater dispatch Cassander to Alexander?
A couple of points: 1. Robin Lane Fox says that couriers on the Royal Road could reach Sardis from Susa in 7 days (it took 90 days on foot, presumably less on horseback or chariot (if used)). So I think you might be looking at 2-3 weeks for letters to reach Alexander or Antipater, not months. 2. The...
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:10 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: When and why did Antipater dispatch Cassander to Alexander?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3113
Re: When and why did Antipater dispatch Cassander to Alexander?
I've just finished reading Dr Jeanne Reames chapter 'The Cult of Hephaestion' in 'Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander' in which she suggests that as part of Alexander's 'recorganisation' on his return from India, Hephaestion was appointed chiliarch at the weddings at Susa (March 324). She also imp...
- Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:43 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Books I got for Christmas
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3801
Re: Books I got for Christmas
Would you mind posting a review of 'Responses' when you've read it please? I didn't know if it would be worth getting.
- Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:04 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Macedonian Queens
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7487
Re: Macedonian Queens
Persian royal women seem to have been players in their own right during the Achaemenid times. If not Roxanne, then Strateira/Barsine and Drypetis would have likely had influence in the happenings after Aleaxander's death had they been not murdered (pure speculation here :) ). Thank you, yes, it's i...
- Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:54 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Macedonian Queens
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7487
Re: Macedonian Queens
As for the girls staying in Susa - they were to be educated in the "Greek" way, and they couldn't be expected to travel around with the army while Alexander was still chasing after their father. Better to have kept them safe and protected/guarded in an area that had already submitted. Com...
- Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:49 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Macedonian Queens
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7487
Re: Macedonian Queens
Yes, I think Cleitus' murder had a lot to do with sheer frustration. Alexander, I suspect, got impatient when things didn't happen quickly.athenas owl wrote: he didn't foresee getting bogged down in upper Iran as long as he did. Six years or so until he returned to Susa.
- Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:06 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Macedonian Queens
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7487
Re: Macedonian Queens
Hello, I think Stateira certainly would have outranked Roxane once she produced a Persian heir. However, I am of the opinion that the reason Alexander didn’t marry Stateira after Issus was that she and Drypetis were still children. I believe they were left behind after the weddings at Susa, which ma...
- Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:31 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Macedonian Queens
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7487
Re: Macedonian Queens
Thank you. I think what I was trying to get at was whether there was a pre-determined role granted to Olympias, automatically giving her prestige and precedence over Philip’s other wives, rather than what accrued to her as the mother of the heir presumptive and what she appropriated to herself throu...
- Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:20 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Macedonian Queens
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7487
Re: Macedonian Queens
Thank you. I think it was Nicholas Hammond who proposed the idea that the insult offered to Olympias on Philip’s marriage to Cleopatra was her re-naming as Eurydike (as Philip’s mother), so perhaps a royal name was more important in terms of rank and the title of queen wasn’t relevant in Macedonian ...