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- Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:58 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Noise About King Tut
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8242
As Marcus says, Tutankhamen is the most famous pharaoh only because his is the only tomb found intact. And that's how celebrity status works. It doesn't mean he's the biggest or the best, just he's the one who got the break. For every pop star, there are hundreds who are just as good but will never ...
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:08 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Alexander the Great museum to be created
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12393
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:57 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 66845
I can't remember where I read it, but some of the columns at Persepolis show evidence of holes drilled into them, and the stated reason was that Alexander's men would then stuff vinegar-soaked corks into the hole. The vinegar would expand the cork under the heat of flames, exploding the column. It w...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:01 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 66845
Phoebus, The friends I had in mind were Philotas, Callisthenes, Alexander of Lyncestis. Cleitus was a spur of the moment thing, so I didn't include him. Bessus was treacherous to Darius and did Alexander a favour by killing him. Exacting retribution on someone for killing someone you'd been trying t...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:03 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 66845
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:55 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Reasons why Alexander was great?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 66845
This thread has started discussing the reasons behind Alexander's excesses, whether they're evidence of cruelty or revenge or betrayal etc. I'd say none of them. Alexander did what he had to do when the circumstances dictated. Assemble his atrocities in order, and you'll see some logic behind them. ...
- Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:15 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: A Hephaistion Quiz!
- Replies: 112
- Views: 55203
Companion cavalry
Amyntoros, For nobility, read upper class. If Hephaestion had been a nobody he wouldn't have gained admittance to the young Prince Alexander's circle of friends. Even if he didn't come from nobility, then he must have at least come from a wealthy upper class background that was acceptable to nobilit...
- Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:48 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: A Hephaistion Quiz!
- Replies: 112
- Views: 55203
- Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:30 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: A Hephaistion Quiz!
- Replies: 112
- Views: 55203
- Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:38 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Importance of the Agrianes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8223
Marcus, Reinforcements tend to be trotted out in a list and it's easy to miss or forget a mention, so if you remember seeing the Agrianes being reinforced, then maybe they were. The impression I got though, was that new reinforcements tended to come from Macedonia and mainland Greece, while Thracian...
- Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:36 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Importance of the Agrianes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8223
I agree the Agrianes don't get enough acknowledgement. The thing for me is that their bond must have been they were personally loyal to Alexander. The Greek contingents (let alone foreign) were so unreliable Alexander only ever used them in a supporting role, yet the Agrianes were front row troops i...
- Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:41 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Sympathy To the Greeks
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3686
I toured Greece a few years back, and one image that sticks in my mind is the night before visiting Olympia. We were in a hotel a couple of miles down the road, and I sat on my balcony very late at night. It was a full moon and I could see across the top of a pine forest that swished and rippled in ...
- Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:01 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Split thread - How/why/when did War lose its lustre?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 19134
The theme of this thread is that war has become less popular than it was in the past. No, I don't see that. War is still viewed as glamorous, and it's only when it starts to drag out and casualties mount that opinion changes. I lived in Britain during the Falklands War and now live in the US, so the...
- Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:32 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Mary Renault's Alexander
- Replies: 68
- Views: 21974
flogging my book
Yeah, I'm not a very good salesman, am I. There are actually two books. The first is called The Lion of Macedonia and is about Alexander's childhood through to setting out for the Hellespont. The second is Lord of the World and covers the whole of the Persian campaign up to the invasion of India. Th...
- Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:19 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Mary Renault's Alexander
- Replies: 68
- Views: 21974
Alexanthros, Whether genuinely or to make a point, you've misunderstood the meaning of the word relationship. You have a relationship with the people you work with, the people living next door, your doctor. The word relationship just refers to how you interact with them. My point is that Alexander a...