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Golden masks, remarkably similar to the ones that were found in these excavations were found also in Thrace, Asia Minor and (of cource) Mycenae... these come to mind, perhaps there're more that I'm not aware of.

Quite right Marcus, I had it posted :-) I found it here: http://www.geocities.com/etaireiadeukalion/8.htmlThere are all the names of the months in the various Greek regions, as well as (no 10) the names of the monehts during the French revolution or 1789! Macedonian names of months: Peritios = Jan, ...

"not of a king, but of an ox"!!!
Ouch! that must have hurt...

Our Italian friends (Cinecitta?) were putting all Greek myths and stories on film back then. They were usually low-budget and poor historically, but not necessarily "bad" films (well, it was no Ben Hur either!

Actually not Sabouna but Tsabouna
Good luck with your research!

Of course Stavro, most of what we know about this horse (as well as what you mentioned above) lies in the sphere of mythology!
Perhaps the only thing we know for sure is that it has died of old age after the battle of Hydaspes and a city was named after it. And of course that Alexander loved it!

Sorry, but apart for the Celt representatives that visited to congratulate Alexander after his Balkan victories, I don't recall any other contact.Pictyres of oak wreaths: http://alexander.macedonia.culture.gr/2/21/211/21117a/00/lk17a07g.jpg http://alexander.macedonia.culture.gr/2/21/211/21117a/00/lk...

But we do not have such examples amongst the Macedonians. If you reffer to oak leaf chaplets that were found, these were far from worship items. They were decorative, a theme taken from nature. We have plenty of examples of decorative leaf-like chaplets (wreaths?) in ancient Greece, but no recording...

I had a similar question a few years ago!
Here it is ("sword types" as search word): http://www.pothos.org/archives/search.asp

It's a relief to read some good critics about the movie, thanks! I've read so much negative publicity that I was starting to dispear:-(Now I can look forward to the movie with a better morale, only problem is that who knows when it will be screened in Tehran! In any case there's only 1 cinema that s...

"Timocracy" is a political system proposed both by Plato & Aristotle with a few differences between them. They both support Oligarchy against Democracy which, they support, has been turned into Ochlocracy (as in nowadays). But it is Plato who proposes "rule by honor" meaning ...

Thanks Cyrus for the update! I had a great time and hopefully we'll repeat our museum visits soon :-)In the meanwhile, when I have the time, I'll post pictures from Persia at http://www.webshots.com (I have an account there as yiannis95-feel free to visit) and invite you to have a look.Regards, Yian...

Greeks called it Persepolis but the original name was Parsa.
Iranians today usually call the city both ways but in maps you see it as Persepolis.

Hi Ruth. Thanks for sharing this and congatulations dear!
One comment: most people tend to agree that it was not Philip who was buried in the tomb. We had plenty of discussions in Pothos as well. All the best,
Yiannis

I also think it was premediated. Archaological excavations on the site have shown (Of course) evidence that it was destroyed by fire, but amongst the burned material they have failed to find any objects of value which shows that the place has been cleared before it was set ablaze.