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OK, so what are you saying agesilaos? We do not know how Eurydice and her children died; it's only allegations in less reliable late sources according to Lane Fox. Btw, the sources contradict one another - Eurydice couldn't very well have been dragged through fire along with being forced to commit s...

Thank you agesilaos. You are always so helpful and I really appreciate it. Just in case Marcus scrolls past my latest questions when checking the update status on this thread , I'll repeat them :-) TO MARCUS :Thank you. Again, I agree with you. However, maybe she did have a hand in Europa's murder, ...

TO MARCUS : Thank you. Again, I agree with you. However, maybe she did have a hand in Europa's murder, and then again maybe she didn't. We don't know the manner in which she died. 1. You mentioned "Pausanias' boiling alive story". What do you mean by that? I thought Pausanias only mention...

Dear Marcus Thank you a million for your most comprehensive and extensive answer. It makes a lot of sense what you say. The atrocities I bet, are just unfounded allegations and lurid sensationalism. there is a lot of errors and inconsistencies circulating regarding this whole matter, and I agree wit...

Ha ha ha! You're a darling, Marcus

First, I'd just like to say, I really love being a part of this community, because the amount of knowledge and expertise that presides here is nothing short of awe-inspiring and admirable, not to mention the time you guys take to answer and offer your expertise and opinions... a big thank you to all...

Thank you Paralus

Yes, I'd have to agree with you as well. There's so much that's been written about him that one has to exercise a bit of scrutiny when filtering the tales.

Thanks agesilaos

OK, so the word was not face but "body"? Well, that clears it up.

Hi 1. Do you remember the incident with the youth Stephanus who agreed to be anointed with naphtha and who burst out into flames. Now is this true? Did it happen? Member Agesilaos wrote in an previous thread of mine, Did Alexander really dislike ugly people, : The dunking of page boys in naptha is a...

Thank you Amyntoros, Taphoi and Paralus Thank you for your time and effort - I'm truly grateful and proud to be in the company of such knowledgable, well-versed and scholarly partisans :-) Yes, indeed it is a tall order to set one's hand to a task such as this one. Who can truly know what was said a...

Thank you, Spitamenes

But I wonder if that one could really be credited to Alexander?

Thanks Alexias!

Your reply makes a lot of sense

Probably there wasn't any strife.

Hi

Thanks for the response. I appreciate it a lot!

But are there sources saying that Olympias wrote harsh letters to Hephaestion? I always figured her as being partial to him...

Wait a minute here? Did Olympias really have a beef or grievance of sorts with Hephaestion? 1. Why? 2. Do you guys remember, in the movie Alexander, the scene where Alexander is reading a letter sent by his mother, where her voice-over reads out the letter explaining that Alexander would be wise in ...

Hi!

I was just wondering if anybody here is aware of any known quotes by Alexander regarding the topic of fear, say conquest or overcoming of it?


Rob