The Greek title of this work by Lucian is:
'Perì toù mè raidìos pistèuein diabolè'. Sorry, I cannot write here with Greek alphabet. BTW, correct Latin title is 'Calumniae non temere credendum'
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- Wed May 01, 2013 3:23 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Lucian 'Calumniae Non Temere Credundum'
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3419
- Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:11 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: An April Fool's joke?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2873
Re: An April Fool's joke?
Of course! What else? Very funny and clever ideed!
- Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:21 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Battle Of Pandosia
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14116
Re: Battle Of Pandosia
I think both quotes on the difference between Persian and Italic army isn't from an historical source, but from a rhetorical one. The core of these quotes isn't the historical truth, but a quite widespread opinion in Greek and Roman world about the difference between East and West, and the superiori...
- Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:31 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Battle Of Pandosia
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14116
Re: Battle Of Pandosia
Hi, Robbie! the one and only ancient source that records how Alexander the Great reacted after knowing his uncle's fate is Justin (12, 3). He says: "When these occurrences (i.e. what happened to Alexander of Epirus and Zopirion) were reported to Alexander, who was then in Parthia, he assumed a ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:12 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Image of Alexander
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6259
Re: Image of Alexander
Thank you, Alexias, for posting this beautiful image.
I think Alexander head is a bit like the one in Pella Museum, but much more expressive, almost ecstatic.
I think Alexander head is a bit like the one in Pella Museum, but much more expressive, almost ecstatic.
- Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:45 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: A masterpiece. A very boring epigraphy. A 2nd Naval Empire.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6646
Re: A masterpiece. A very boring epigraphy. A 2nd Naval Empi
I'm amazed at the almost particular care of details in this stele' s text: it seems to me the ancient Athenians were really strict in lay down the law of building the hanging attachment of their ships. It's well known geometry and mathematics were in high esteem in philosopher's consideration, but t...
- Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:47 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Alexander theme park
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6895
Re: Alexander theme park
I read somewhere that Alexander's helmet of the movie was copied from Alexander's mosaic of Pompeii. In this mosaic Alexander wears no helmet, but one lion head-shaped helmet lies under the hoofs of Alexander's horse. From this model is shaped Alexander's helmet in the first battle of the movie.
- Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:24 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Fantasy or Research?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2630
Re: Fantasy or Research?
Alexander's words are taken from Alexander Romance (1, 20, 2): this quote is by no means an invention of Oliver Stone, neither reflects Macedonian or Greek customs of IV century B.C.
- Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:41 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Alexander theme park
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6895
Re: Alexander theme park
Generally I hate theme parks: the ones I ever saw were totally artificial. The best one can tell after visiting them is that they are terribly funny...
- Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:39 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: What if Alexander had lived?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13543
Re: What if Alexander had lived?
I never said that there were no Philip's generals at all in Alexander's Balkan expedition; I only mentioned the most famous Antipater and Parmenio. I neither said there were no other good Philip's general, or official (or even soldier) in Alexander's Army: indeed I think Alexander's Army were the sa...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:32 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Princesses
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4427
Re: Princesses
Yes I think the Etrurian goldsmith's art is truly magnificent, nevertheless I know a lot of Greek golden manufactured goods (like those in Taranto or in Salonika Museums) that aren't less gorgeous indeed!
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:21 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: What if Alexander had lived?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13543
Re: What if Alexander had lived?
If there was ever a general who fought (and won) in a lot of different terrains, Alexander was the one! I beg Xenophon to watch the Balkan expedition in 335: there were no Philip's generals (Antipater was in Pella, Parmenio in Asia Minor), yet Alexander won the worst enemies of Macedon, who defeated...
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 6:16 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Princesses
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4427
Re: Princesses
This exibition is very impressive. I like mostly the way of putting jewels and other ornaments on a feminine frame: the show is magnificent!
Thank you for posting these links!
Thank you for posting these links!
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 6:05 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: What if Alexander had lived?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13543
Re: What if Alexander had lived?
I totally agree with Paralus: the Livy "digression is excellent Roman nationalism/propaganda", so it is unfit to be used for historical purposes. As to the question about the best general of all the ancient ones, there are two interesting quotes from Lucian ('True History' 2,9, and 'Dialog...
- Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:37 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: What if Alexander had lived?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13543
Re: What if Alexander had lived?
I read long ago the whole chapter of Toynbee's "If Alexander the Great had lived", and found it very interesting. This article covers only a small portion of Alexander's further conquests, and by no means the most important one. Had Alexander lived on thirty years more, as Toynbee imagined...