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- Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:46 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The Souvaltzi Discovery - Any Record Of The Genuine Translations
- Replies: 7
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Re: The Souvaltzi Discovery - Any Record Of The Genuine Translations
Hi, thanks for your post and welcome. I think most academics do not take Souvaltzi's theories seriously, partly because the temple she discovered was a rediscovery of something that had been found at the beginning of the 20th century. There is also nothing in the sources to say that Alexander was bu...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality by Daniel Ogden
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5433
Re: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality by Daniel Ogden
The section on the relationship between Alexander and Hephaestion seems particularly lacking. The implications of their actions and public statements deserve in-depth analysis, particularly with regard to the social perception of their mutual affection. Yet, in the book I reviewed here https://poth...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:56 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality by Daniel Ogden
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5433
Re: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality by Daniel Ogden
Hi Emma, and welcome to pothos. I don't have time to consider a reply to your post just at the moment, but will get back to you!
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Congratulations, Alexias!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 759
Re: Congratulations, Alexias!
Thank you, Marcus. The user names in the PM section are not alphabetical so maybe that was why you couldn't find me. I've sent you a PM.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Well, I'm back . . .
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3906
Re: Well, I'm back . . .
Hi Scott, welcome back. With all the changeover issues, and notifications going into my junk folder, I've only just seen this. Hope your book goes well and we'll see you around. Our ranks are sadly depleted these days!
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Pothos now inherited by Alexias and on a new server.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6149
Re: Pothos now inherited by Alexias and on a new server.
Thank you very much, Thomas, for all your hard work. I am most grateful.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:19 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Pothos now inherited by Alexias and on a new server.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6149
Re: Winding down pothos/Keeping Pothos alive!
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- Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:04 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Pothos now inherited by Alexias and on a new server.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6149
Re: Winding down pothos/Keeping Pothos alive!
Hi all, Thank you for your patience while we deal with this issue on the website. The initial problem was that spam bots were causing too many hits on the site and exceeding Thomas's allowed bandwidth usage. In order to preserve the site in its current state, and to ensure that it continues to be av...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:46 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Pothos now inherited by Alexias and on a new server.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6149
Re: Winding down pothos
Thomas and I are discussing the process of transferring the site to me. I will freeze the boards so you won't be able to post anything until it is completed.
Many thanks to Thomas for hosting the site for so long.
Many thanks to Thomas for hosting the site for so long.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:14 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Image of Alexander in an aegis
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11953
Image of Alexander in an aegis
This is a test to see if I can post a photo as there may be an issue. I don't remember where I got this photo from.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Strabo - Intro
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5902
Strabo - Intro
The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 NOTICE. The present translation of Strabo, the great Geographer of Antiquity, is the first which has been laid before the E...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:46 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Boeotian helmet
- Replies: 1
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Boeotian helmet
As a follow up to System1988's Chaeronea posts, a helmet worn by one of Alexander's cavalrymen. I can't remember if I've posted this before but it is from Oxford's Ashmolean museum.
Wonder if he survived for Gaugamela, or whether he drowned?
Wonder if he survived for Gaugamela, or whether he drowned?
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:19 pm
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Athenaeus - Deipnosophists Book XV
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4012
Athenaeus - Deipnosophists Book XV
Athenaeus - Deipnosophists Book XV Book XV. 683 b First, roses which Midas of Odonia, when he left his realm in Asia, grew in the Emathian* glebes, roses ever luxuriant with sixty petals all round. * Emathia, poetic name of Macedonia. Book XV 684 e A flower called ambrosia is recorded by Carystius ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Athenaeus - Deipnosophists Book XIV
- Replies: 0
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Athenaeus - Deipnosophists Book XIV
Athenaeus - Deipnosophists Book XIV Book XIV. 614 d - 615 a Hippolochus of Macedon, again, in his Letter to Lynceus mentions as jesters Mandrogenes and Straton of Athens. For at Athens there was an abundance of these clever gentry. At any rate, in the temple of Heracles, in the deme Diomeia, they w...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:26 pm
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Athenaeus - Deipnosophists Book XIIIb
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Athenaeus - Deipnosophists Book XIIIb
Athenaeus - Deipnosophists Book XIIIb Book XIII. 594 d – 596 b Harpalus, the Macedonian who plundered large sums from Alexander’s funds and then sought refuge in Athens, fell in love with Pythionice and squandered a great deal on her, though she was a courtesan; and when she died he erected a monum...