And here's another one that has been touched up (not by me)!
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- Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:11 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Images of Alexander
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8047
- Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:06 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Images of Alexander
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8047
Re: Images of Alexander
It certainly has an air of Alexander! Books always seem to use the same images of Alexander, but here are a couple of less familiar ones (courtesy of posts on Yahoo's Alexander's Army) about upcoming exhibitions on Alexander in Amsterdam at the Hermitage Museum and the Allard Pierson Museum. I'm afr...
- Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:04 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Rereading fire from heaven
- Replies: 71
- Views: 30198
Re: Rereading fire from heaven
How long should the 14-year old Royal Pages have lasted? Nevertheless, it is widely attested that they fought in the battles. The older Pages certainly went into battle, but do we actually have evidence that 14 year olds fought? Might not the first experience for young boys in warfare have been to ...
- Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:40 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Rereading fire from heaven
- Replies: 71
- Views: 30198
Re: Rereading fire from heaven
But consider what would happen if Bagoas were present when the fleet ran into a fight. The trierarch led the ship in war, just as the pilot navigated it. It was a real role in that circumstance. Alexander could not afford to risk confusion over the command in a battle situation. I would not press t...
- Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:59 am
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Rereading fire from heaven
- Replies: 71
- Views: 30198
Re: Rereading fire from heaven
It feels a little strange to me to consider Bagoas as having such a high rank and then view him as having publicly danced for the army's entertainment. Can we reconcile this? Or does it mean we must doubt Plutarch's report? Best regards, Mary Renault I believe tries to reconcile these points by sug...
- Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:22 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Rereading fire from heaven
- Replies: 71
- Views: 30198
Re: Rereading fire from heaven
I'll give it some thought!marcus wrote: Go for it. This isn't a fan site, after all, and the whole point is to have rational discussions about Alexander and his times. True, you might get a lambasting from some, but that shouldn't stop you!
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- Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:49 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Rereading fire from heaven
- Replies: 71
- Views: 30198
Re: Rereading fire from heaven
Marcus wrote “I think I can honestly say, Dean, that all of Renault's other books are worth reading. The Last of the Wine (Peloponnesian War) is superb, but my personal favourites are The King Must Die and The Bull from the Sea (both about Theseus). I think The Mask of Apollo (in which Alexander fe...
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:39 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Rereading fire from heaven
- Replies: 71
- Views: 30198
Re: Rereading fire from heaven
Oddly enough, I too have been rereading Fire From Heaven. She doesn't say so, but I think Mary Renault may be hinting that Alexander could have accompanied Philip when he presided at the Pythian Games at Delphi (although that might have been in September 346 when Alexander would have been 10). Perha...
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:13 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Images of Alexander
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8047
Re: Images of Alexander
That's an interesting one - in which gallery of the BM is it? The thing is, it clearly has the anastole in the hairstyle, which suggests that it's heavily influenced by Alexander sculptures, if not meant to be Alexander himself. The only thing is, that I'd be a bit surprised if the Etruscans were m...
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:02 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Images of Alexander
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8047
Re: Images of Alexander
I always thought this bust of Alcibiades, which is labeled as a Roman copy of a 4th century Greek sculpture, looked remarkably similar to Alexander and the classic 'Alexander pose'. Oh, yes, that certainly looks like Alexander! I don't think the tilt of the head and the parted lips are right for th...
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:52 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Images of Alexander
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8047
Re: Images of Alexander
the little fellow is wearing an elephant headress and he does look remarkably like Alexander to me. :) He does, doesn't he? Although I supose he could be a Selucid. This is another possible, although less likely, Alexander, also from the British Museum (in the King's Library if anyone wants to go a...
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:37 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Images of Alexander
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8047
Images of Alexander
Just thought I would share this image. It's an Etruscan terracotta head from the British Museum c300-250 BC. It is not labelled as Alexander, but it certainly looks like it has been influenced by his image, even if it isn't meant to be him. DSCI0997---Copy.jpg The quality of the photo isn't very goo...
- Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:47 am
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Good history book on Philip
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5771
Re: Good history book on Philip
Philip of Macedon by Nicholas Hammond. Although scholarly, I found it engaging and easy to read although I think a reader might need to know something about the background to start with, so if you are looking for an introduction it might not be the best book.
- Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:21 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Latest on Alexander's death
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11938
Re: Latest on Alexander's death
Agree completely that it is difficult to believe that Alexander's death was anything but natural causes, because if it was a coup, nobody appears to have been ready to take over but rather they were thrown into complete confusion, and if he was murdered for purely personal reasons, it is also diffic...
- Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:12 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Anniversary of Alexander's death
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9990
Re: Anniversary of Alexander's death
Funny how there's always an excuse for every atrocity Alexander ever committed. Somehow, nothing was never really his fault. I think it would be nice if, for once, people would give some thought to Alexander's victims, and commemorate them, rather than their glamorous killer. The men who never retu...