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Hi Nikas, What's the evidence for Greek and Macedonian being different dialects? Has there been any scholarly suggestion of them being different languages? To use your example, I am not Australian, Texan or Irish but find it pretty easy to understand those accents. I can also have a pretty good go ...

And there is a clear implication in the Curtius extract that he might have avoided the Macedonian dialect as being somewhat "barbarian" and un-Greek. Though apparently this didn't stop him vilifying Philotas for not using it! Yes, your raise a good point. The whole Curtius passage, is wel...

And there is a clear implication in the Curtius extract that he might have avoided the Macedonian dialect as being somewhat "barbarian" and un-Greek. Though apparently this didn't stop him vilifying Philotas for not using it! Yes, your raise a good point. The whole Curtius passage, is wel...

Why do think he didn't do that? I mean, what do you think his motivation was in killing Amyntas? In the scenario you propose, Alexander would have had to put the stability of his kingdom (and later empire) before his own ego. Does he come across as the sort to do that? He killed Amyntas because of ...

Why do think he didn't do that? I mean, what do you think his motivation was in killing Amyntas? In the scenario you propose, Alexander would have had to put the stability of his kingdom (and later empire) before his own ego. Does he come across as the sort to do that? He killed Amyntas because of ...

I know I have mentioned elsewhere recently, but ALexander spent several months in Illyria when he was a teenager...how did he communicate then? And his relationships with Iranian speakers seems to have been somewhat intimate, so who knows what he picked up in language from those relationships. I wo...

Hello, I'm new to this forum. I would like to find out about the language(s) spoken by Alexander. I guess this has probably been covered somewhere on this forum but am not sure how best to find any info there may be. Can anybody advise? Hi Catherine, The Macedonians as a rule would have spoken thei...

athenas owl wrote:Peter Weller..not Peter Sellers...though a "documentary" narrated by Peter Sellers would possibly be quite amusing.

Yes, I suppose it would be! My typo notwithstanding, Engineering an Empire is an interesting series.

Again, the quote I used mentioned that the Macedonian Royal family was rooted in ancient Greek culture going back to the beginnings of the dynasty. That's not just the definitely Hellenised 4th century. I may be reading that wrong. And as I won't be able to see the exhibit I can not say whether the...

Then why kill him? It seems we've come full circle. :) Do you have any proposals? Yes indeed we have :) My proposal would be to keep him alongside and close, let him have a "minor" command, and if he (Alexander) doesn't have a son at a reasonable age when he get's ill or killed in combat,...

And we can proceed from here. You fail to see my use of "moniker". Alexander I "Philhelene" is an epithet: a descriptive accorded to him as was "saviour" (soter) et al to other kings. The fact is that Hellenes - such as Themistocles, or Agesilaos - are never accorded t...

Well Henry was rooted in 16th century English culture. He was 16th century English culture. Your point might have more merit if an exhibit of Henry's family tree attempted to prove that the entire family was rooted in ancient English culture... The Tudors were Welsh. One could say they had been Ang...

It is perhaps more apt to say that Alexander I was called "Alexander Philhellene" as Ptolemy I was called "Ptolemy Soter" or Seleucus I as "Seleucus Nickator". Themistocles is never called "Themistocles Philhellene" nor is Leonidas. For that matter nor is the...

It's worth remebering that Alexander I went by the moniker "philhellene". For a Greek this is akin to describing Winston Churchill as an Anglophile. It is also worth remembering that Plato thought that the true Greek patriot was a "Philhellene" as did Xenophon who thought his go...

Speaking to the larger archaeological question, I do not like any exhibit that sets out to "prove" anything, to present "evidence". An traveling exhibit should be just that. Not something created to make a point. I see it in "Biblical Archaeology" and here at home for ...