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- Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:48 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Alexander's Discretion & Hephaistion
- Replies: 47
- Views: 27887
Re: Alexander's Discretion & Hephaistion
I believe the reference was to the sources giving accidentally or purposefully, inaccurate accounts of who commanded what. Not of the commands themselves being mistakes.
- Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:23 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: N.G.L. Hammond in memoriam
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4609
Re: N.G.L. Hammond in memoriam
I bet he did have some good stories! And I don't know how many times I've come across Hammond's name while shuffling through notes and books.
- Tue Nov 15, 2011 2:40 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: something for everyone.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9907
Re: something for everyone.
Thanks Marcus, I'll definitely check it out. Hearing about Alexander from other perspectives besides the western points of view has always fascinated me. I wish there were more historical accounts dealing with the Persian campaign from the Persian perspective. I believe all I have run into were trad...
- Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:37 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: something for everyone.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9907
Re: something for everyone.
...or maybe that kid who played supertramp in "into the wild"
- Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:36 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: something for everyone.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9907
Re: something for everyone.
Im of course biased towards the Tyre siege. Just because that was what originally got me so involved into this subject. But I have always thought that situation alone would be a good basis for a book. (Or maybe a big budget Hollywood film? )... I vote DeCaprio as Alexander this time! Haha
- Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:06 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: something for everyone.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9907
Re: something for everyone.
Will do Marcus,
I have a birthday coming up soon, so Renault might be a good little gift idea. Ill start planting the hints today...
I have a birthday coming up soon, so Renault might be a good little gift idea. Ill start planting the hints today...
- Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:27 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: something for everyone.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9907
Re: something for everyone.
I believe i was about 16 when i first started really becoming interested in this time period. I never had the fortune of reading any of Mary Renaults work. Which i do plan to when i get time. I believe i came across a copy of Arrian, and that set it in motion for me. The maps also, i remember lookin...
- Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:46 am
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Alexander's Discretion & Hephaistion
- Replies: 47
- Views: 27887
Re: Alexander's Discretion & Hephaistion
but as it seems, there is a big debate about Alexander's sexuality mainly because he was such an important figure in history, and people use that to their own means. . I absolutely agree with you there. I remember hearing when the Stone film came out that the gay rights organizations were furious w...
- Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:12 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: something for everyone.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9907
something for everyone.
So i had an idea for this thread. Nothing serious, might even be fun and hopefully a little thought provoking. What was it about Alexander that first caught everyone's attention, and or imagination? Mine was originally the siege of Tyre. The fact that he built a causeway from the shore to an island,...
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:03 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Personality test.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11515
Re: Personality test.
I'd love to know why he seems to arouse such fascination that people would spend a good part of their lives studying what he did. I believe it has something to do with just how vast the history of Alexander is. There seems to be something for almost everyone in his story to intrest them. As for mys...
- Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:59 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Arnold Toynbee: If Philip and Ochus had lived on
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4430
Re: Arnold Toynbee: If Philip and Ochus had lived on
Marcus,
You stated that it had been suggested that Alexander was not going to be given a position in the invasion force. Do you know where this suggestion came from? Or, more to the point, why someone would suggest this? Just curious, its the first I have heard of it.
All the best.
You stated that it had been suggested that Alexander was not going to be given a position in the invasion force. Do you know where this suggestion came from? Or, more to the point, why someone would suggest this? Just curious, its the first I have heard of it.
All the best.
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:57 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Teacher Seeks Help
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12403
Re: Teacher Seeks Help
Instead of asking "Why was Alexander 'great'?". Would it be more appropriate to ask "why was Alexander Considered to be Great?". And I know I've brought this book up before with mixed thoughts but I believe Michael Woods "In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great" would b...
- Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:24 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Hephaestion's Relief
- Replies: 68
- Views: 33463
Re: Hephaestion's Relief
I remember reading that but it was somewhere else besides Demosthenes. Not saying its not there of course. Just saying i believe its been referenced elsewhere maybe?
- Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:01 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Hephaestion's Relief
- Replies: 68
- Views: 33463
Re: Hephaestion's Relief
Is this the only reference to Diogenes the cynics death that we have from history?
- Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:37 pm
- Forum: The Diadochi
- Topic: "To the strongest"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2457
"To the strongest"
So ive been reading more and more on the Diodach wars and what each successor was actually trying to accomplish with theyre own individual plots and schemes. One thing i never realized was how prominent Perdiccas actually was in these turbulant years after Alexanders death in Babylon. I would like t...