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hello, There was a man who came from the East, who was given nothing but grief, from a boy by the name of Alexander but sometimes known as Iskander. Two times did they fight for the prize of great Asia broad and wide, But Alexander won the day and Darius did run away, as fast as his long longs could...

Hello, Iam not sure, but I think that Philip, in the end, showed great confidence in Alexander. I am also sure and of course it is simply a personal belief, that Philip had a "feeling" about Alexander. Something that made him think that there couldn't be any man better for the job and thus...

Hello, I think that equality wasn't really on Alexander's agenda. It was conquest- subjugating the next town on the horizon- overpowering them- getting submission- and then moving on endlessly on. No stopping place- and if his men hadn't turned on him- God knows where he would have ended up- China? ...

Hi Ruthaki, don't know but the quote you are "quoting" sounds a lot like "- Alexander the Great. . . "It is a lovely thing to live with great courage and die leaving an everlasting fame." somewhere lodged in Arrian. Certainly Achilles would have approved- for it was simply p...

Hello, I think that it is interesting how certain authors can a) extract a lot of detalis and insights from very flimsy information and b) can shift around the story according to their own needs/agenda. In Valerios's narrative, we find Perdicas heading a drunken attack on the walls of Halicarnassus,...

Hello, interesting question Kenny, I guess you are right.Mainly what we know about Alexander the man and his persona is very limited. I was thinking just the other day/ what a difficult task it must be to actually sit down and write some new insight on the man or his life because somewhere someone w...

Hello, Just reading "Ecco Homo" by Nietzche- and there is a momentary mention of Alexander and the Gordian Knot- and your post came to mind.I have to find it hard to believe that Alexander wasn't "used" by Nietzsche instead of Caesar to give a model when describing his theory of ...

Hello, of the scant few details that I know- these are my favorites about her. Her name means "little star" which I have always liked and the other one is the story about her rushing to Alexander as he tried to plunge himself into the river Euphrates (?)to commit suicide in( Babylon)- Best...

rocktupac wrote: I am obsessively interested in finding out what his true character was like and if that's even possible. Thanks. Let us know when you find out. Hello Rocktupac, I went through a phase a while back when I have to confess that "obsessively" I couldn't think about anything e...

Hello, I was just wondering- regarding Alexander's memory- it has been said that he could recite whole plays of Euripides- Homer and the like but not only that he had an incredible memory for names especially those of his soldiers- I thought this would be in Plutarch but can't seem to see it. Does a...

Hello, Like the question and see it as especially well timed. I think that there was a long on going sense of distrust going back to the days of Philip and some of the verbal exchanges between Philip and the Spartans and some of my favorite of this period. Alexander had made it clear that he was in ...

Hello, No sense getting worked up, is there? I liked that closing remark. I love the way people instantly love to find comparisons with America or Hitler or whoever or whatever is on their current agenda- and can't see a piece of film etc. just on its own merits- and personally Paralus, I wouldn't l...

Hello, Thanx for the post- I think that it is for sure that Alexander must have adored music but on campaign he was more like his father and didn't have a mo'. There is no mention of him playing, like Homer tells us of Achilles, playing a melancholy song with his lyre to the fallen dead- but like I ...

Hello, Yes, I agree that one of the attractions about studies into Alexander is the wide and vast series of possibiliies regarding his life etc. Althout I must admit that he was essentially a warrior/king and since he was a child was brought up to be one and this perhaps is why he has so little inte...

Hello, I think that I missed the post where everybody was giving their opinion of the film. Anyway, here is mine. The film is for me an extremely violent and at the same time, beautiful spectacle to behold. Take the image of Leonidas speaking to the deformed man- I mean you could easily have turned ...