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by ScottOden
Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:42 am
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: Child Prodigy, nucleus of novel
Replies: 37
Views: 21064

Re: Child Prodigy, nucleus of novel

Jan,

Unfortunately, it will only let you view the files section of that group if you're a member. Could you load it up on Google Docs, instead?

Best,

Scott
by ScottOden
Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:23 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: something for everyone.
Replies: 21
Views: 9899

Re: something for everyone.

I have Harold Lamb's Alexander of Macedon to thank. I don't remember my age, but I came across it in my grade school library and devoured it -- checking it out time and time again. I recall it had the most fascinating map inside the front cover: Alexander's route through Asia Minor, seen from a 3/4 ...
by ScottOden
Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:44 am
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Historical Gamers
Replies: 6
Views: 3797

Re: Historical Gamers

Ah, MERP! I played the dickens out of that one, when I was a wee lad. Nowadays, though, it's kind of odd to see detailed setting info in an "indie" game. Most presuppose the gamers will make their own. William Stearns Davis' "thing" was making history accessible, and A Day in Old...
by ScottOden
Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:30 am
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Historical Gamers
Replies: 6
Views: 3797

Re: Historical Gamers

Thanks, guys! Here's what I posted on my FB page: Come witness the Golden Age of Athens, from its emergence as a world power in the wake of the Persian Wars (480 BC), to its subjugation by Phillip II of Macedonia in the wake of the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC): a one-hundred-and-forty-two year perio...
by ScottOden
Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:59 pm
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Historical Gamers
Replies: 6
Views: 3797

Historical Gamers

Hail, Pothosians! It's been a while since i posted anything, though I do frequently lurk and read about the goings-on in the community. I am wondering if there are any historically-minded roleplaying gamers among our ranks? I'm working on a narrative-based RPG set at Athens between the end of the Pe...
by ScottOden
Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:06 am
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Try my quiz
Replies: 27
Views: 14416

Perdiccas to his men, seconds before the knives fly: "No, no . . . trust me, those crocs are harmless!"

I was so hoping I'd be Ptolemy.

Paralus, I KNEW you had murderous designs on the East! ;)
by ScottOden
Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:11 am
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Try my quiz
Replies: 27
Views: 14416

Oh, great . . . I'm Perdiccas :? Ignominious end, table for one!

Excellent quiz, Fiona!

Best,

Scott
by ScottOden
Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:06 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The myth of Alexander's death
Replies: 3
Views: 2266

As we know now That he died in a battle we cannot be objective...
I am perplexed by this. Alexander didn't die in battle; he died at Babylon of illness (or poison, if you're in that camp). He was no where near a battlefield. Where are you getting that he died in battle?

Best,

Scott
by ScottOden
Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:26 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Did Alexander kill Memnon?
Replies: 5
Views: 2723

I'm not 100% certain but I think this is a modern conspiracy theory. The first mention I ever found of Memnon's end possibly being murder (with the suspects being the rival satraps of Persia) was in this article: McCoy, W. J. “Memnon of Rhodes at the Granicus.” American Journal of Philology , vol. 1...
by ScottOden
Sat Apr 05, 2008 5:06 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander and Egypt
Replies: 18
Views: 10731

Greek religion was far more fluid than Egyptian. While Amun was taken to be the Egyptian Zeus by the Greeks, the Egyptians did not turn around and claim Zeus as the Greek Amun. I think Ammon* was only taken into the Egyptian pantheon because it seems the Libyan pharaohs of the Third Intermediate Per...
by ScottOden
Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:19 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander and Egypt
Replies: 18
Views: 10731

Theseus wrote: He linked their God Amun with Zeus It wasn't Alexander who linked Amun with Zeus, nor was the oracle of Ammon originally Egyptian. Ammon (perhaps a corruption of Baal Hammon) was a Libyan god of the Siwa oasis. The cult was "taken over" by the Egyptians in about the 9th or ...
by ScottOden
Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:05 pm
Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
Topic: What was Parmenion doing in Asia Minor?
Replies: 10
Views: 6558

Paralus wrote:Literary license Scott, literary license.
*Checks to make sure his literary license is up-to-date* :)
by ScottOden
Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:26 pm
Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
Topic: What was Parmenion doing in Asia Minor?
Replies: 10
Views: 6558

Diodorus XVII has a goodly bit on what Parmenion was doing in Asia Minor. Unfortunately, I don't have my copy handy and the only parts I have saved on this computer have to do with Memnon and his role in repulsing Parmenion and Attalus: XVII [3] The king gave him five thousand mercenaries and ordere...
by ScottOden
Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:02 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: Help with a Greek Word
Replies: 8
Views: 4542

Hey, thanks all!

I believe I'm going to go with "Chthonioi". It has a harsher sound to it, which fits with the theme of the story I'm writing. Thanks, again!

Best,

Scott
by ScottOden
Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:12 am
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: Help with a Greek Word
Replies: 8
Views: 4542

Thanks Efstathios, Amyntoros, and Callisto! "Spilaiovios" and "cthonic" are both good choices (though I don't read Greek so I can't make out what "cthonic" is in Greek). Now, what would the plural of these be? Not ' someone who lives in caves' but ' many someones who li...