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Remember that Tarn was the man who denied the existence of at least two historical characters (Barsine and Bagoas), simply because they didn't fit in with his vision of Alexander. Despite the source evidence he managed to make them disappear. Tarn as Stalin? :D ATB Marcus! Now you've gone and calle...

Why do people on this forum keep talking about dreams?

Asander, perhaps you should be grateful I'm not marking your essay.

Rest in peace. One of the great minds.

Asander, All mortals should live like one, united, and peacefully working towards the common good. You should regard the whole world as your country, a country where the best govern, with common laws, and no racial distinctions. I do not separate people, as many narrow-minded others do. I am not int...

I thought Colin was beautiful overcoming all adversities, none as great as that awful blond wig. And Jared was *sigh*. Those two bring out the fangirl in me.

Hi Asander, I agree with you that the political propaganda in Egypt had long had a history of depicting the royal family as being the sons and daughters of gods. The Persians in their heartland however, didn't really have this tradition. The Persian Royal family officially followed the Zoroastrian r...

In any case this rather aimless wandering down the corridors of hypnosis, dreams and the channeling of the dead conqueror bears little relevance to the thread or the site for that matter. Then again, it might be said that "My version of Alexander is that he is very sexy, very attractive, very ...

The geographic area Alexander conquered was hardly a blank canvas. If one is equating civilization with empire, then the Persians might rate a mention, no?

I thought the Celtic accents may have been in the movie to imply that Macedonians were 'outsiders' and looked down upon by the Greeks - who all had posh English accents.

I have recently had the privilege/misfortune of watching a little bit of the pilot for the 1960s TV show based on Alexander. Guess who was playing the lead role? WIlliam Shatner. Or Shat the Great as he was referred to in that context. Everything looks tolerable after that assault on the senses. Tha...

Oh dear. Jan, this is hardly the sort of evidence that is going to back up your statements. Funnily enough, my own atavistic gifts that allow me unexpurgated access to Alexander's mind sometimes shows me something completely different ... :shock: Marcus, say no to drugs. They're clearly destroying ...

He has appeared in Japanese manga comics (anime cartoons too, I think), Hey, the Manga cartoon of Alexander is fun to watch. I recently went to a lecture where a Cambridge historian analyzed the cartoon as part of his study of Stone's Alexander movie. It was a conference about adaptations. He clear...

Hi Richard,

Welcome to Pothos. Have you checked out the movie Mongol? It's the first part of a trilogy that covers Genghis Khan's life.

http://www.mongolmovie.com/

Asander, The "equality" hypothesis is often inspired by a speech that is attributed to Alexander during the mass weddings of Susa. However, it's a speech that was coined by a Greek diplomat over 2000 years after Alexander's death. If you take this fake speech away and look at the authentic...

Hi Xenophon, Even Curtius, no stranger to cruelty in his own time remarks; "that his torture was continued after the confession was considered an act of cruelty". So even by the rather robust standards of ancient times, with life considerably cheaper than now, Alexander was condemned as &q...