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- Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:39 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: A Hephaistion Quiz!
- Replies: 112
- Views: 55372
- Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:35 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: A Hephaistion Quiz!
- Replies: 112
- Views: 55372
- Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:07 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: A Hephaistion Quiz!
- Replies: 112
- Views: 55372
Fave character
As long as "favourite" doesn't have to mean "most likable" -- Olympias, hands down. Especially if it's Alexander Revisited we're talking about, because she was more fleshed out. Even though she had to fight through the handicaps of being too young, having a lot of poorly-written ...
- Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:37 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Diogenes the Cynic
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2991
There is a beautiful portrayal of Diogenes by the Victorian painter John William Waterhouse -- hi-res reproduction here.
- Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:16 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 67998
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:35 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 67998
- Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:15 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Your role in the latter part of the 4th Century BCE.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 17135
- Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:04 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Your role in the latter part of the 4th Century BCE.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 17135
Oh, what role might I like to play In mighty Alexander's day? A peasant drudging in the dirt? A warrior in bright bronze girt? A learnéd sophist, deep in books? A courtesan with drop-dead looks? A priestess in a precinct bright? A devious spy who creeps by night? A jester in the glittering court? A ...
- Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:33 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 67998
Do we know that it was Ptolemy who told the story? Arrian, using chiefly Ptolemy and Aristobulus, doesn't even mention Thais and says that the burning was a matter of policy. I would think that Ptolemy wouldn't have wanted to be responsible for his beloved (and mother of two (?) of his children) ac...
- Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:15 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 67998
So … I don't think Alexander’s regret offers us an explanation as to the why/how of Alexander burning the buildings. I think it was purely regret based on lost opportunity for future events. And that applies whatever the circumstances/reasons behind the burning. But I think if the decision had been...
- Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:47 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 67998
Re civilization -- it's not just about living in cities; that's a side effect of homes becoming permanent. It's about changing a people's way of life from nomadic to agricultural. The source of their subsistence is changing from hunting/gathering -- and moving on when the area they're in is hunted/g...
- Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:10 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 67998
But here's the thing -- it could be argued that burning the palace was effective in helping subjugate the Persians, and therefore good imperial policy. Hammond thought so. The argument that Thais is quoted as making -- that it was suitable revenge for Xerxes sacking the Acropolis -- would have had g...
- Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:40 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 67998
- Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:21 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 67998
- Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:58 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 67998
An act born out of frustration can well be impulsive. Dare I say it, Paralus, we're agreeing. This thread is so active and multifarious that the post I am answering below is quite a few back at this point; Amyntoros and I were talking about rape and the camp followers. That they did also have sexual...