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- Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:20 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Alexanders telescope / spyglass
- Replies: 6
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Re: Alexanders telescope / spyglass
Very simple single lenses did exist, and a few of them have been found. Aristophanes and Pliny the Elder both talk about lenses. However, they are hardly anything like a telescope. I think the Nimrud lens was something like 3x magnification, so hardly anything that one would use to look into the dis...
- Tue Sep 12, 2017 12:25 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Alexanders telescope / spyglass
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7531
Re: Alexanders telescope / spyglass
I've never heard of Alexander having anything like that.
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 5:43 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
- Replies: 1585
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Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
I've been away from this post on the forum for a while and am definitely not up to date on the many posts.. But do we know yet what was inside the tomb? Who was inside it? The most complete official version is by Corso, and is found here: http://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2016/03/21/sculptures-tumul...
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 5:24 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
- Replies: 1585
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Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
I've been away from this post on the forum for a while and am definitely not up to date on the many posts..
But do we know yet what was inside the tomb? Who was inside it?
But do we know yet what was inside the tomb? Who was inside it?
- Sat Apr 02, 2016 9:22 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Earrings of a Lesbian Lady
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5624
Re: Earrings of a Lesbian Lady
They are quite stunning! I would love to know how they were created! Thanks for the share!
- Wed Aug 20, 2014 3:32 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: New Novel Available
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14993
New Novel Available
Greetings all- I would like to announce that my new fiction novel entitled "Comedy of Youth" is currently available exclusively on Amazon.com! This is another passion of mine besides ancient history. Check it out if you're interested, and I appreciate your time! Thank you. For the USA: htt...
- Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:32 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Ad Triarios Redisse - Source
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11290
Re: Ad Triarios Redisse - Source
Not sure why you are posing a question about the ROMAN army on a forum dedicated to the study of Alexander and Macedon, hence some hesitation in answering, especially as a GOOGLE search would have given you the answer in seconds. I attempted a Google search and found nothing. Did I check the entire...
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:32 am
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Ad Triarios Redisse - Source
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11290
Ad Triarios Redisse - Source
I'm looking for the source of the phrase ad triarios redisse . Once again, I've found a bunch of articles online that use this phrase when referring to the Roman maniple style of fighting, and the soldiers having to defer to using the triarii in battle as a last ditch effort, but the source this com...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:01 am
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Thucydides Wine Quote
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6576
Re: Thucydides Wine Quote
Very interesting, thank you very much! I kind of expected as much. I appreciate your searching.
- Sat Jan 25, 2014 2:03 am
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: "Tame the savageness of man..." Quote
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11073
Re: "Tame the savageness of man..." Quote
Try this thread from a blog called Disinvoltura: It attributes the quote to Edith Hamilton - something I also saw on other threads. However this one has more information and the blog's author even seeks out Hamilton's sources. Best regards, Thank you so much! This was very helpful and answered my q...
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:46 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: "Tame the savageness of man..." Quote
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11073
"Tame the savageness of man..." Quote
I'm searching the work of Aeschylus and I can't find this popular and often used quote: "To tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of the world." I've also tried doing a Google search for it and all I can find is its use in a Robert F. Kenendy speech and not the source locatio...
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:19 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor - New Book
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8005
Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor - New Book
I know there is a lot of discussion on here about the linothorax/linen armor, but here is the website and information for an upcoming book on the subject entitled "Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor: Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery" by Gregory S. Aldrete, Scott Bartell, and Alicia A...
- Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:32 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Linothorax based off Alexander Mosaic
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6899
Re: Linothorax based off Alexander Mosaic
Aside from the elmers glue of course. Is the amount of layering and materials used pretty accurate historically speaking? Great job by the way. I've had the same idea for quite awhile but never got around to it. Do you have the bottom garment? Or whatever it may actually be called? Thank you! I've ...
- Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:56 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Thucydides Wine Quote
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6576
Thucydides Wine Quote
I have seen a number of websites using a supposed line from Thucydides about wine. I have searched in Thucydides a number of times and can't find the quote. The websites do not cite where in Thucydides they found the quote, they only ever cite H. Johnson's "Vintage: The Story of Wine" (Sim...
- Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:24 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Alexander the Great statuette
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8115
Re: Alexander the Great statuette
There is also this one (but note that the shoulder flaps are inverted; they indent on the interior rather than the exterior):amyntoros wrote:as far as I know, it's the only other portrayal of Alexander wearing his armor as shown in the Issus Mosaic.