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by marcus
Wed Jul 17, 2002 8:25 am
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: Books to Read
Replies: 26
Views: 14441

Re: Books to Read

Hey, Susa,You are in a playful mood today, aren't you? Mrcs (oops, I left out ALL my vowels!)
by marcus
Wed Jul 17, 2002 8:22 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Chiliarch
Replies: 22
Views: 11492

Re: Chiliarch

Tre,All well and good, but all that is as much supposition as what I was saying. For a start, who was Chiliarch before Heph was appointed to the role? We all know what the 'Grand Vizier' role was in the Persian Empire, but as far as I can tell there wasn't one in Alexander's administration before He...
by marcus
Tue Jul 16, 2002 12:14 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Chiliarch
Replies: 22
Views: 11492

Re: Chiliarch

Me again...I suppose the other thing that I should note is that am happy with the idea that Heph was not a *bad* diplomat, but was nothing out of the ordinary. I read back through our messages and realised that, one the one hand I had not acknowledged this point of yours (which was naughty); and on ...
by marcus
Tue Jul 16, 2002 11:40 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Chiliarch
Replies: 22
Views: 11492

Re: Chiliarch

Hi Linda,As you say: "darn being at work" - so I'm prepared to accept that Plutarch says whatever he does. Still, here's me playing devil's advocate... perhaps Heph was "better at dealing with Persians" to the degree that Craterus was *so bad* at dealing with them - after all, Cr...
by marcus
Tue Jul 16, 2002 8:54 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Again Philotas
Replies: 4
Views: 3263

Re: Again Philotas (continued)

There is no evidence that they were 'close friends' as most fictional (cf. Renault, Manfredi) and some academic texts claim.All the bestMarcus
by marcus
Tue Jul 16, 2002 8:53 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Again Philotas
Replies: 4
Views: 3263

Re: Again Philotas

A good question. Sometimes Philotas has been portrayed as being one of Alexander's close friends (hence making the 'conspiracy against Philotas' issue seem the more heinous). A good source to check out is Heckel's "The Marshals of Alexander's Empire" where he puts forward a convincing port...
by marcus
Tue Jul 16, 2002 6:55 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Chiliarch
Replies: 22
Views: 11492

Re: Chiliarch

Well, Linda, we might have to agree to disagree here! The fact that Perdiccas took on the role after Hephaestion's death does not mean that the role was created for Hephaestion to demonstrate to the world how high he stood in Alexander's favour. I agree that there is an implication, but it ain't pro...
by marcus
Tue Jul 16, 2002 4:10 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Chiliarch
Replies: 22
Views: 11492

Re: Chiliarch

Actually, I think Hephaestion's appointment to chiliarch was for no reason *other* than his strong attachment to Alexander. Hephaestion had been used for some diplomatic missions (such as that to select and appoint the new king for... darn it, I forget where) but all accounts appear to indicate that...
by marcus
Mon Jul 15, 2002 12:09 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Chiliarch
Replies: 22
Views: 11492

Re: Chiliarch

When you say "relevance within Alexander's schemes" (or whatever it is you say - I can't see the previous message on this forum!) what exactly to do you mean?We do, after all, have a very good idea of the emotional attachment that Alex had with Hephaistion, and he was being promoted to hig...
by marcus
Mon Jul 15, 2002 6:34 am
Forum: Comments, help, suggestions etc
Topic: WELCOME back to the pothos.co.uk forum
Replies: 5
Views: 4972

Re: WELCOME back to the pothos.co.uk forum

I think it's great - I much prefer this forum.I suppose the only issue is that, when I click on the forum, I lose the menu on the left hand side. So, for example, when Sikander said "check out the 'books' section" I actually had to leave IE and come back to the site in order to access the ...
by marcus
Mon Jul 15, 2002 4:09 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: What did Alexander look like?
Replies: 10
Views: 14648

Re: What did Alexander look like?

Not Praxiteles, but Lysippus. I assume that was a typo... All the bestMarcus
by marcus
Wed Mar 13, 2002 5:31 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: Greek speaking town in India
Replies: 12
Views: 11339

Re: Greek speaking town in India

Thank you, Pavlos... I try <g>
by marcus
Wed Mar 13, 2002 12:16 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: A riddle
Replies: 3
Views: 1466

Re: A riddle

That reminds me of the 'theory' (or 'truth', if you ascribe to it) that all the archaeological and geological evidence that disputes the biblical Creation was fabricated by the Devil. If people wish to believe that Alexander didn't exist, that's their prerogative, but if it's true, then someone has ...
by marcus
Wed Mar 13, 2002 8:59 am
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: Greek speaking town in India
Replies: 12
Views: 11339

Re: Greek speaking town in India

It's to do with Indo-European roots, nothing to do with a modern Bulgarian dialect being spoken in India or Pakistan. Even if the 'Macedonian' that Alexander spoke wasn't exactly 'Greek', it certainly wasn't 'a Bulgarian dialect'. We should not get confused with 'Macedonian' as it relates to the 4th...
by marcus
Wed Mar 13, 2002 8:54 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Sources
Replies: 3
Views: 3174

Re: Sources

There are two main reasons why we don't have the original sources. First, it was fashionable in the ancient world (as it has been throughout history) to write epitomes and digests of other writers - to show one's literary skills, as much as anything. Hence, for example, we have Justin's epitome of T...