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Hello all, Recently, as part of my ongoing research of the linothorax, a German documentary crew came to my hometown to film some arrow testing and other things concerning the linothorax. The filmed portion will appear on a German TV show called 'Galileo'. The local media (in Green Bay, WI) caught w...

P.S. (Here because I don’t know how to put it after my signature!) Contrary to the Wikipedia note, I do know of one mythological instance where the rose is mentioned. Homeric Hymn number 2 to Demeter tells how Demeter's daughter "was playing with the deep-bosomed daughters of Okeanos and gathe...

Also, Pliny 12.13 talks about "the Macedonians" coming across a "tree" (in India?) where the "calix of the fruit is similar to the dog-rose."

Yes, I too am interested in the Kashan rose. I have never heard of it, I'm sorry to say. I don't know of any story that relates the bringing of the rose from Persia to Thrace (or Greece) by Alexander's soldiers, but I do know that Herodotus mentions the sons of Temenus traveling to a part of Macedon...

How long is a cubit? Were most of the men back then 4 cubits long, let alone the swords? That, I'm afraid, is a rather personal question... :D From everything I can gather, one cubit is traditionally converted to 1.5 feet. Therefore a 4 cubit sword, or man, would be 6 feet long (about 1.8 m). A 6 f...

Best i could come up with was Alexander's Drachm Mints I: Sardes and Miletus (Hardcover) ~ Margaret Thompson (Author) which is on Amazon, not read it myself so not sure how good it is. Hope this helps. Thanks! Hopefully I will be able to order that book and the second volume (Lampsacus and Abydus)....

marcus wrote: "And Alexander wept, for there were no more mothers to adopt ..."

LOL This could be fun...

"I would rather excel others in amount of mothers than in the extent of my powers and dominion."

Semiramis wrote:The only people who can claim Alexander are the Libyans. There is indisputable evidence that Amun, his father, is of Libyan origin.

LOL

Wasn't his mother from Caria???

If it was available in English I would have bought a copy for myself. This is the kind of subject matter I prefer to read these days as it's becoming more and more difficult to work my way through "another" biography. :) Oh I totally agree! In fact, reading biography after biography actua...

I was reading on the Pothos website that Martin Seyer published a dissertation on Royal Hunting in Antiquity, and I was wondering where I could get a copy of it? Also, I would prefer if it were in English. Thank you for your help! Hi Scott. Did a bit of Googling for the professor - not an easy task...

I was reading on the Pothos website that Martin Seyer published a dissertation on Royal Hunting in Antiquity, and I was wondering where I could get a copy of it? Also, I would prefer if it were in English.

Thank you for your help!

Helmets are normally designed to be smooth glancing surfaces Alexander's would catch the force of every weapon thrust at it! Absolutely! And, consequently, the helmet should be replaced after every battle since even subtly scratched it would cease to create proper impression. It doesn't seems feasi...

So, it was just found in a lost papyrus fragment that Alexander suffered from a receding hairline! Can you believe it!?

marcus wrote: Good call on Xenophon. Of course, now you mention it I go "Oh, of course", but I hadn't recalled it myself.

Yes, indeed! Good call.

Thank you gentlemen! Much appreciated Marcus and Andrew.

Aristotle wrote two treatises on Monarchy and Colonies specifically for him. How do we know this? He quotes Xenophon's Anabasis and is also attested to have received copies of works by Philistus, Telestus and Philoxenus. What are the quotations? Excuse my ignorance if the answers are obvious. I'm o...