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Ancient history is remembered by the names of the contemporary heroes. No matter how many great man fought alongside ATG all victories are his (at least after Philip's death). I don't think that without him anything of the comparable scale would happen. Undefeated in all battles - yes! I've heard so...

Hello, I'm curious whether Guinness book has some records on Alexander. I think there is more than one thing he was the first or the best or the only one. If nobody minds I'd propose making a small list of his achievements where he was the first of the greatest. I'd start with hmm.. Well, I've read ...

I just want to express my enormous gratitude to all folks who participated in this topic! My personal vision of the situation with ATG helmets has greatly improved. I'm very lucky that I've found this forum! Great job guys!

Alex

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...

The Hermitage helmet looks decidedly Renaissance to me, typical of the styles favoured the nobility (boyars) of the 15th to 17th centuries; that is if it is not a more recent replica. Galling though it is I agree with Taphoi :x the two horned business will have sprung from the depiction of Alexande...

Of course, the general idea of a "book" in classical writing is that which fits on one scroll - so Iliad would have been 24 scrolls. (The codex - i.e. book, essentially - wasn't developed until the 1st century AD.) So yes, the entire Iliad would have been quite bulky (although not necessa...

Alexander's favorite author was Homer and his favorite book was the Iliad . I guess by the book you mean papyri? Well, I'm just curious how many papyri would it take to record such a bulk writing as Iliad? Was it tightly rolled around some kind of stick? Was the font small? Definitely Alexander cou...

agesilaos, thank you for your reply! All that has been said by you and Taphoi makes me quite convinced that the horny helmet is most probably a myth. Still.. Well, now I would have to reveal my intentions regarding the helmet: I'm going to use it in my book which I'm writing right now. Alexander is ...

Thank you Taphoi for such detailed comments! Knowing how intricate the patterns of myth-forming could be I myself was always inclined towards the view that the two horned helmet is rather a legend. Still some things IMHO needs to be clarified. First of all look at this helmet: http://www.speleogenes...

Does anybody have some ifo about this helmet: http://content.foto.mail.ru/mail/govs.79/_answers/i-2206.jpg ? I couldn't find any father reference to it. Also nothing on the website of Russian Hermitage where it is supposedly located. The author of the page where the photo resides maintains that this...

Hi, I’m pleased to find such an excellent forum. Many thanks to those folks who started it! I’m deeply interested in Alexander but I guess it’s too early for me to say that I know much about him. My first question would be about his helmet, the one with horns. Well, I’ve searched the board for this ...