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- Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:00 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Discussion on Chaeronea
- Replies: 28
- Views: 60645
Re: Discussion on Chaeronea
It would be good if you could share this on the academia post, and the photo of the site. I wouldn't know how to do that - and I'm not an academic so I'd feel a bit out of place there. but AIUI, this forum is public, so a link to the thread here should make it accessible. maybe we'll even get a few...
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 11:37 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: An alleged head of Hephaestion
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1886
Re: An alleged head of Hephaestion
Thank you for your question In the case of the the Kasta monument ,various sculptures have been found during the excavation (PDF "The sculpures of the Kastas tumulus "'.A.Corso , Academia ) The professor A.Corso identified them because of the technique and because of the type of marble ,a...
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 11:20 am
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: An alleged head of Hephaestion
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1886
Re: An alleged head of Hephaestion
Thanks for this. I thought I had seen that image before but couldn't remember where from. I think the paper is right to be a bit cautious about the Amphipolis tomb. That we have not had a publication giving the full results of the excavation after 8 years is troubling as we still not had any defini...
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:57 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Discussion on Chaeronea
- Replies: 28
- Views: 60645
Re: Discussion on Chaeronea
thanks for posting this. I had no idea how much discussion there is over where exactly the lines were. What is interesting to me that everyone seems to agree that the battle must have been fought within a diamond shaped area defined by four landmarks: two low mountain ranges, the graves of the Theba...
- Mon Nov 28, 2022 10:09 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: update Gaugamela model
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8550
Re: update Gaugamela model
so sorry the link didn't work. I changed the access settings. try again. if it still doesn't work I'll think of something else.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
- Sat Nov 26, 2022 7:52 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: update Gaugamela model
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8550
Re: update Gaugamela model
Chris, I was looking for the URL as this project seemed very interesting (and massive). Do you still have working links? If yes, would you please share them? Hopefully, you have images as this project seems like an expression of admiration, persistence, and dedication. Thank you. thanks for asking....
- Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:06 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Iskandernamah – A Persian Medieval Alexander Romance
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5091
Re: Iskandernamah – A Persian Medieval Alexander Romance
it's a hefty tome and it's good that its been made easily accessible. but its a long read and before embarking on that, could someone more knowledgable than me put this text into context? what, if anything can be taken from it? is it a reference work, should I read it cover to cover?
- Tue Nov 22, 2022 1:06 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Apelles
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2013
Re: Apelles
interesting. I googled the original (English translation only, as I don't speak Greek or Latin) https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:phi,0978,001:35:36 the translation says "prince". I can't imagine Pliny referring to Alexander as a "prince" after his ascensi...
- Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:44 am
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Hephaiston's death
- Replies: 21
- Views: 40845
Re: Hephaiston's death
Hephaiston was cremated, so we will never know, but I'll chip in as someone who spent 40 years in emergency rooms: remember if this happened today, Hephaiston would be bluelighted to the nearest ER, just like thousands of others each year. For ER docs, a case like his is bread & butter stuff. so...
- Thu Sep 22, 2022 9:25 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Franz v Schwarz: Alexander in Turkestan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7607
Re: Franz v Schwarz: Alexander in Turkestan
... #9 that you put in Old German as "Kamenny-Most". It is actually in Russian not in old German. ;) It means "stone bridge". Maybe at the time of his travels there was a stone bridge or it was a local name for the place. Thanks so much for this, I uploaded the corrected file. Y...
- Fri Sep 02, 2022 5:11 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Franz v Schwarz: Alexander in Turkestan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7607
Franz v Schwarz: Alexander in Turkestan
This post is to share knowledge that might not be accessible to everyone: It is an article on Alexander's campaign in Bactra & Sogdiana, published in 1893 and written in old German. I found a reference to it while researching for travelling the region next year. I'm a native German speaker, so d...
- Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:51 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The Souvaltzi Discovery - Any Record Of The Genuine Translations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5318
Re: The Souvaltzi Discovery - Any Record Of The Genuine Translations
a list of references for the bizarre tale of Souvlatzki & the Tomb @ Siwa. https://egypt.fitz.ms/newsdir/alex.html https://www.bibalex.org/alexmed/Attachments/Publications/Files/news%20letter%20issue%2010.pdf Olga Palagaia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Palagia) was around at the time and h...
- Sun Aug 14, 2022 7:44 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Battle of the Hydaspes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4017
Re: Battle of the Hydaspes
thanks for the link. Toohey is always good for detailed comparisons of source material.
- Sat Jul 09, 2022 5:28 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Alexander the Great was here, and so was I by Leonidas Argyraspid
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18218
Re: Alexander the Great was here, and so was I by Leonidas Argyraspid
Hi Leonidas, I am on a trip retracing the route of Alexander and would like to buy your ebook as a travelling companion, so I bought your book from Kobo. unfortunately, it's in a proprietary format and I can't read it on the laptop. could you email me a standard pdf or similar universal format? than...
- Sun Jun 12, 2022 7:55 pm
- Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
- Topic: Retracing Alexander's Route
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6318
Re: Retracing Alexander's Route
it's not as Michael-Wood-grandiose as it sounds - large sections of the route are out of bounds due to political instability. Sadly, that includes all of Iran: I had found a fantastic & very affordable way to trace the entire route - private car with driver / guide, self-determined itinerary - b...