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by tei
Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:36 am
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: Facial Reconstruction of Alexander
Replies: 1
Views: 4237

Re: Facial Reconstruction of Alexander

Ha yes, the mouth seems to small for the face. And there's something odd going on with the ear texture. Nevertheless, it's pretty impressive that neural nets can create a whole human face from descriptions and ancient portraits, whether or not it "actually" looks like him.
by tei
Thu Jan 13, 2022 11:28 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: About Lysias
Replies: 3
Views: 6153

Re: About Lysias

Aww 🥺
by tei
Thu Dec 30, 2021 3:33 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Schooling of Macedonian boys at Pella
Replies: 5
Views: 4621

Re: Schooling of Macedonian boys at Pella

Thank you very much Jeanne, that's super helpful! That's an expensive book, but I'm technically a part-time student at my local university, mostly so I can do things like request inter-library loans, which I have done :D Your tumblr looks great, perhaps I should dust off my own account. There certai...
by tei
Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:17 am
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: Alexander, psychosis, and me
Replies: 0
Views: 9592

Alexander, psychosis, and me

Well, a novel it ain't, but I see other people have posted their fanfiction here before, so I figured I'd drop mine too: here's a short story that is a vehicle for my thoughts on Alexander and bipolar/psychosis. Oddly, it came to me in a way that had nothing to do with any of the many armchair diagn...
by tei
Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:48 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Schooling of Macedonian boys at Pella
Replies: 5
Views: 4621

Re: Schooling of Macedonian boys at Pella

Thank you! That's definitely a lot closer to what I had assumed about the page situation, and that article looks great! Hilariously, I came across this while trying to find out what sources the claim about the boar+man rite of passage originally came from. Still haven't found that, but I did force m...
by tei
Tue Dec 28, 2021 5:57 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Schooling of Macedonian boys at Pella
Replies: 5
Views: 4621

Schooling of Macedonian boys at Pella

So, while I was looking for something else, I came across this article: https://www.historynet.com/alexander-the-monster.htm Obviously, a lot of the rhetoric here is a matter of interpretation or opinion: to what extent would Alexander fit the modern category of "alcoholic," to what extent...
by tei
Tue Dec 21, 2021 4:05 am
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: Memories of Hephaestion A R Valeson
Replies: 4
Views: 6243

Re: Memories of Hephaestion A R Valeson

The author seems to have only two other books, both published within the year, which are both m/m historical romance, making me assume they’re a new pseudonym of the kind of self-pub romance author whose industry basically demands a new book every couple months to stay “competitive” in the market. S...