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by system1988
Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:49 pm
Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
Topic: The Lykeion of Aristotle
Replies: 1
Views: 4139

The Lykeion of Aristotle

Hi all The Lykeion where Aristotle taught when he returned to Athens after Alexander's education was finished, has been dug up for over a decate in the center of Athens. As the information stands on the site confirm, it is hard to appreciate from the humble remain of the building the importance of t...
by system1988
Sat Jun 14, 2014 8:17 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: A day in the Byzantine museum of Athens
Replies: 7
Views: 4253

Re: A day in the Byzantine museum of Athens

Thank you both very much for your comments. Agesilaos, the casket contains a skeleton , so it is not empy ( the hyptothetical skeleton of Alexander ).Anyway i think it is a interesting and rare icon never seen before i mean by me.
by system1988
Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:52 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: A day in the Byzantine museum of Athens
Replies: 7
Views: 4253

A day in the Byzantine museum of Athens

Since I had a break for one hour and being close to the museum in question, I took the following photos, http://s1246.photobucket.com/user/IamSystem1988/library/A%20day%20in%20the%20Byzantine%20Museum%20of%20Athens?sort=3&page=1 Surely a different world than the one of ancient Greece and paganis...
by system1988
Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:07 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander trivia
Replies: 0
Views: 5252

Alexander trivia

Hi all It's common knowledge that one of Alexander's pet dogs was called Peritas (but I do not remember the source for this). There is a late epigraph, on the 5th verse of which the name is mentioned (which by the way is a name for a person not a pet) along with a commentary that states that the nam...
by system1988
Sat May 24, 2014 9:58 am
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: The new Heraklion city museum, Crete.
Replies: 1
Views: 2183

The new Heraklion city museum, Crete.

Hi all Just before I cast my vote.... http://www.lifo.gr/team/omorfia/48361 The msueum in the link above was closed for 8 years for renovation purposes. Needlsess to talk about the importance of the artifacts it pays host to, most from Minoan Crete. Among those are some I haven't seen myself: The ti...
by system1988
Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:10 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: A unique medal
Replies: 15
Views: 6536

Re: A unique medal

http://s1246.photobucket.com/user/IamSystem1988/library/Mentallion?sort=3&page=1 This is a link of some photos (not well taken, and not all of them) from the book. Agesilaos' review was very informative and of course, the authenticity of the medal is still on debate and in the question. The fact...
by system1988
Tue Apr 08, 2014 6:43 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: A unique medal
Replies: 15
Views: 6536

Re: A unique medal

" The Alexander Medallion.Exploring the origins of a unique artefact" Published after the international roundtable that took place in Paris on 26 March 2007. Contents Foreword john Boardan Preface F.Holt and Osmund Bopearachi Authentity:F.Holt A joy and curse :Osmoud Bopearachi Doubt and d...
by system1988
Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:55 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: A unique medal
Replies: 15
Views: 6536

A unique medal

Hey all, just found this at a greek news site. Proffessor Osmund Bopearachchi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmund_Bopearachchi found this medal http://news.in.gr/culture/article/?aid=1231308589 and considers it to be the only one that was created while Alexander was still alive in order for his vict...
by system1988
Sat Mar 15, 2014 7:09 pm
Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
Topic: The tomb of the Cassander family
Replies: 3
Views: 3608

Re: The tomb of the Cassander family

This is a google translation, not perfect but one gets the drift Thank you very much for your fast reflexes on translating this. I don't think there is any need to go about fixing anything with it because the scientific world as well as the rest of us will soon learn the results of these excavation...
by system1988
Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:45 pm
Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
Topic: The tomb of the Cassander family
Replies: 3
Views: 3608

The tomb of the Cassander family

http://news.in.gr/culture/article/?aid=1231303054

Please try to translate this in english when and if you can- it's really important.


EDIT

Here is something more: 5 royal tombs found in Vergina

http://www.lifo.gr/now/culture/43924
by system1988
Sun Mar 09, 2014 12:26 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: Survey at Hymettus
Replies: 0
Views: 5123

Survey at Hymettus

[229a] -Plato "Phaedrus" Socrates Let us turn aside here and go along the Ilissus; then we can sit down quietly wherever we please. Phaedrus I am fortunate, it seems, in being barefoot; you are so always. It is easiest then for us to go along the brook with our feet in the water, and it is...
by system1988
Sun Mar 09, 2014 11:48 am
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: Decree of Themistocles
Replies: 0
Views: 5547

Decree of Themistocles

I saw "300- Rise of an Empire". No comments. There is however a nice scene in there which shows the setting Athens on fire that happened just before the naval battle of Salamis- the main story of the movie. The reality part now- the marble stele found in 1959 at Troizen during ploughing (h...
by system1988
Tue Feb 25, 2014 5:54 pm
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: 22 FOTOS
Replies: 14
Views: 7634

PHOTOS III

Possibly from the word Μώμος, the god of deceit.
by system1988
Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:38 pm
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: 22 FOTOS
Replies: 14
Views: 7634

Eastern Macedonia

Thank you very much for your comment.Yes i believe there are similarites , with Sardinia even the word you mentioned exist in greek.
by system1988
Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:24 pm
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: 22 FOTOS
Replies: 14
Views: 7634

Photos II

For all who are not already fed up with the subject, the link below leads to a lighter form of the bell carriers who paraded in Thessaloniki these days. If you watch the videos you will get a teste of how an ancient ceremony looked like! http://www.lifo.gr/team/omorfia/46401 My personal favorite: th...