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Basically what Alexias said. If it had been poison, or even the suspicion of it, given ATG's mental state at the time, he'd have turned out the hounds. He did kill the physician, but for malpractice (at least, IHO). Keep in mind that Alexander did have some medical training, but emotions were in con...

I'm very sad to hear this. I've been only intermittently on Pothos in the last decade or more, but I do remember him. having just lost, in April, a very old friend of mine, I can empathize with a known and valued voice going silent.

My best wishes to his family and friends.

Thanks to everybody. And I'm very familiar with Morris's "Hell" series, which I enjoyed. So I will try to track it down.

This is interesting. Thanks. I looked it up, but it costs somewhere around $150 used. I may collect ATG fiction, but that's too rich for my blood. LOL! Still, the author seems to have a page on Goodreads. Their may be another option to get a hold of the novel.

Did you finally get your copy, I hope?

There's at least one other person in your shoes. I just posted notices on my social media. I contacted Riptide, things look as if they are fine on their end, and I know of at least one person who HAS received his/her copy. But they asked if you have NOT to please contact them directly, so they can g...

It should be released before midnight tonight. That's ebook. If you ordered a paper copy, then it'll come by mail, although I'm not entirely sure. It *should* have been mailed to arrive today, but I'm not entirely sure. (Riptide has been very unclear about ordering paper copies in advance, including...

Andrew, from what I understand, the Harvard folks already allowed for all those issues. They looked at the new moon in July of 356, as Badian asked, and calculated 6 days from that, arriving at July 19th. No need to worry about various calendars if you're starting with the new moon using our modern ...

Exactly, Sean. It's a muddled mess. Pick a date, any date.... (Not quite, but.) Well, any date except July 20. ha.

FWIW, some decades ago, Ernst Badian went over to the Harvard astronomy department, and asked them to calculate when the 6th of Loos would have been, in 356. Turns out it was July 19th. (This is somewhere in a footnote in one of his 200+ articles, ha. I'd thought it was in his "Greeks & Mac...

My student, Ann Haverkost, is currently working on an excellent thesis about Macedonian tombstones. Obviously, I don't want to post her conclusions until it's been defended, but I hope (and believe) she will be publishing some portions of it, and some of her conclusions.

FWIW, there is also a second interview that I did with Patrick Garvey for Ancient Heroes, available here:
http://ancientheroes.net/blog/dancing-w ... -interview

They cover somewhat different questions. (Malcolm had seen Patrick's, so they didn't overlap.)

Thank you for your answer ' I actually consulted several Greek -speaking friends ' '' Then choose your friends more carefully" Well, considering a couple of them are colleagues and have PhDs in Greek/Macedonian history and teach at unis there, I did consider carefully. I stopped reading when i...

Have no idea, and won't until I get a royalty cheque.

From the author's note (at the end of book 2): "Regarding the dialogue, Classical Greek is an elegant language, conversation impossible to render accurately without sounding stilted. This left me with two choices: write something that would send readers into fits of giggles or adopt a more mode...