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On 22 Jul 2006 Marcus wrote: Olympias is one about whom I definitely have not made up my mind. Well, I think none of us has as yet, but now a book can come to assistance. It is "Olympias Mother of Alexander the Great" by Elizabeth Carney, 240 sound pages dedicated to this formidable woman,...

Thank you, Efstathios. IGÇÖm really a fan of your beautiful language, which I consider one of the most fascinating communication systems mankind has ever invented. Unfortunately many years have passed since I studied it, but recently I have resumed it and slowly it is coming back, grammar, vocabular...

Dear Amyntoros, I have been absent for some time, but I continued to frequent the site. The discussion about diminutives and familiar forms in ancient Greek is very interesting. As far as I can remember from my university years, when I translated a lot of classic Greek literature, I never found a si...

In Curtius VII,8,8 some Scythian ambassadors meet the king and are disappointed:"GǪcredo, quia magnitudine corporis animum aestimantibus modicus habitus haudquaquam famae par videbaturGǥ. In VI, 5, 29 Thalestris, queen of the Amazons, visits Alexander: GǣInterrito vultu regem Thalestris intu...

IGÇÖm reading GÇ£Into the land of bonesGÇ¥ by Frank Holt where RoxaneGÇÖs figure is discussed in three or four pages. The book is very good and the author is a first-rate historian, but he is also of the GÇ£Roxane doesnGÇÖt countGÇ¥ persuasion. He says that when she married probably she was only twe...

HI, all! From Mr. Pressfield's website: he has written another Alexander's novel set during the Bactrian and Sogdian campaigns. It is now in the editing stage and will come out in late 2006. I've read "The virtues of war" and liked it much, although Alexander's charachter comes out strange...

At the Granicus Memnon had under his command twenty thousand Greek mercenaries, among the best foot-soldiers in the world and, according to Arrian, neither he nor the other Persian commanders knew what to do with them, because GÇ£they stayed where they had been lined up in the beginning more out of ...

Those two stories sound promising indeed,especially the second one: I too am considering buying it. I'm also intrigued by that graphic novel "The golden vine" made by a team of Japanese: what will it look like? With best regards Azara

Dear Amyntoros, I found the word GÇ£ippiatrosGÇ¥, which means GÇ£horse doctorGÇ¥, but it appears in late authors, from IV a.D. till Byzantine times. The Palatine Anthology, 16, 271 uses the variant GÇ£ippoiatrosGÇ¥, but I suspect it doesnGÇÖt belong to classic times either. Obviously they could have...

Hi, Paralus! IGÇÖm sorry the book is not the one, but IGÇÖm also glad there is another AlexanderGÇÖs alternative history book to look for. As for the destiny of the Empire if Alexander had not died and had marched westwards, I think the problem were its sheer dimensions: to avoid rebellions universa...

Thank you, Amyntoros, for the thorough work you did; I could be of little help because I had another unexpected spell in hospital: nothing serious, but a nuisance anyway. I think that there is a possibility that A. celebrated his birthday, especially after achieving the status of a god; by the way, ...

From your description I think the novel is "A choice of destinies" by Melissa Scott. I found it cited in the "Beyond Renault" website kept by Jeanne Reames-Zimmermann, where all Alexander fiction is discussed.I bought it on-line and read it; I found it clever and well researched,...

The glorious Lorenzo Rocci dictionary is good ideed, the way they used to be: very rich of examples, very laconic in explanations, which are often in Latin. I forgot to add that there are various examples of later authors, such as Lucian, Appian, Nonnus of Panopolis,Alciphron, Matthew the Evangelist...

Dear Amyntoros,I posted this message on the main board as the other thread is sliding down. I consulted my old Greek dictionary at the word GÇ£ghenethliosGÇ¥, an adjective which associated with GÇ£emeraGÇ¥ (day) means birthday, and found some quotes. I pass them to you as I found them, because I hav...

You needn't apologize: I'm beginning to think that each one of us has seen a different film! Thank you and my best greetings Azara