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by agesilaos
Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:34 am
Forum: The Diadochi
Topic: Cassander (and Olympias)
Replies: 28
Views: 34898

Re: Cassander (and Olympias)

Alexias, the trouble with the Antipatrid/Alexander animosity story is that there is little evidence for it in the undoubted actions we have reported, though much in the comment and interpretation. For instance, Alexander is suspicious of Antipatros and his sons yet Iollas remains his cup-bearer, sim...
by agesilaos
Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:12 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

I agree, Zeb, there seems no correlation with status, Philip II or III has only 5 nail heads as does the nobles Lyson and Kalikles; nor chronological Verghina is late fourth and Lyson/Kallikles late third with Kastas in between. I think Taphoi is right and that it is conditioned by the size of the d...
by agesilaos
Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:52 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

He shoots... It is 100% certain that neither Andrew nor the ‘Team’ will modify their views, however ... I would conclude that the C-14 results are most consistent with a date in the last quarter of the 4th century BC, but they are not conclusive in isolation. However, in the context of the rest of t...
by agesilaos
Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:33 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

Good find, I was not aware of Tantalos so yes things are once again ambiguous. The extra two bodies are inhumations however and they with the neonate must belong to the last 70BC phase when the floor was ripped up and the tomb filled, it is not usual to leave corpses rotting uncovered; C14 testing t...
by agesilaos
Tue Mar 15, 2016 6:12 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

‘Homeric’ is a rather unfortunate term, Zeb, as it can apply to the about which Homer wrote LHIII (where the nobility were generally interred) or when his poetry was composed c. 8th Century BC (by which time cremation was in vogue and appears in the poems). The initial deposition must have been the ...
by agesilaos
Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:03 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

The two tovima articles actually talk sense and eschew the hype (even in Googletranslate) thanks Gepd. It is good to see the third century getting a mention at long last; I can't agree with the complete interpretation. Were this a heroon for a re-buried Rhesos or similarly aged Hero one would not ex...
by agesilaos
Mon Mar 14, 2016 8:31 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

I wonder how long straws remain clutchable? :lol: :lol:
by agesilaos
Mon Mar 14, 2016 4:02 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

The author of the piece must truly be a moron, the C14 dates almost completely exclude the life of Alexander (he was ten when the 2 sigma section ends with the rest of his life falling in a 2% probability section) and the rest is just the old 'Roman' strawman. The pictures are nice but the text is j...
by agesilaos
Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:54 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

I think Sveshtari is identified with the homeland of the Getai with whom Lysimachos seems to have established friendly relations following the debacle of his invasion which saw either his own capture that of his son, Agathokles or the two of them depending on the source. Dromichaites released him in...
by agesilaos
Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:43 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

Gepd, the context for Antigonos constructing the monument would be the establishment, or re-establishment, of the dynasty, there were already dead members to inter including his father Demetrios whom he received from Seleukos in an urn, Keraunos rotted headless on a field unmourned. The paper is int...
by agesilaos
Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:36 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

Numbers and percentages certainly make things look scientific so let’s examine the relative probabilities, but using the way C14 dating works, which is without bias; there is no ‘normal distribution’ any date within the 1 standard deviation band has the same probability as any other (this is fallaci...
by agesilaos
Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:41 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

A rejoinder on the C-14 is pending, but on this 'Arelabon' sideshow, just look at the Millars' photo, can anyone see the letter cluster, the eta is pretty clear but there are no other characters I can discern; the dating is therefore between 1970 and 2016 +-30yrs :lol:
by agesilaos
Fri Mar 11, 2016 3:14 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

The data you have presented does not show that, if there is more disclose it, no probabilities are attached to the graph posted. The data definitely does not support the archaeologists' theory unless you want to believe in a fire from 40 year old wood the lower date of the first peak would coincide ...
by agesilaos
Fri Mar 11, 2016 1:07 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

So what the curve actually shows is the uncalibrated result on the y-axis as a thick black line (2250 BP +- 30) then a further 30 years either side of that giving 2250 +- 60 years; this is then mapped to the calibration curve (blue wavy line) which gives two possible ranges 383-355 and 288-232. If t...
by agesilaos
Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:22 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
Replies: 1585
Views: 542294

Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis

Still not finding any detail on the C14 results ie the probability curves, are they out there only the last time anyone tried second guessing the results from the announcements they have been shown to be hopelessly wrong :roll: Perhaps as much due to the announcements' built in layer of disinformati...