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That does look good, I must admit.

What a shame it finishes at the end of March. Otherwise I might have considered a cheeky little trip to Athens to see it!

Alexias, just to say that the work you've done on posting all the minor source material is fantastic - thank you. I'd be happy to help with more of this (time permitting), but for some reason it won't allow me to start a new topic/thread in the folder. Which is odd, as I have moderating rights. Anyt...

I haven't seen it, but the general opinion seems to be that it is just for mass-consumption rather than the purists. I made it as far as about 10 minutes into episode three and I've failed to summon the enthusiasm to press 'play' to watch any more. It is awful. What angers me the most is that they ...

This is great.

I went to Vergina (and Pella) in October 2019, and was disappointed that I couldn't see any of the city of Aegae. But even then they were anticipating opening the complex to the public.

Looks as if I need to go there again!

Alexias wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:18 pm https://www.archaeology.org/issues/544- ... -paint-job

I am not sure it would have been a crossbow that fired the stone which hit Alexander. A slingshot is far more likely, and these can be as deadly as a bullet. Reading the article, I assume that this was a translation issue. I don't recall that there is any evidence of the Sogdians using crossbows (a...

chris_taylor wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:45 am Marcus, welcome back from me, too. Good to see you

Thank you, Chris. I'm going to try very hard not to absent myself for so long again!

It's quite a nice little section of Dionysius, as he's quoting Hegesias to exemplify why he was such a poor wordsmith (compared with Homer). Those Ancient Greeks could be remarkably catty!

Just as an aside ... if I remember, Steven Pressfield included Itanes in his novel "The Virtues of War", in which Alexander narrates his story to his brother-in-law ...

Alexias wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:50 am BTW, I wasn't sure from the original Alexander sources website whether it was Dionysius quoting Hegesias, or the other way round.

And it does seem as if Dionysius was not a fan!

Alexias wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:58 pm Marcus! Welome back!

Thank you. It's been a very long time - a long story, with which I won't bore you.

I hope to be around more often, now, although how often remains to be seen.

Good to see you all, too!

I hadn't seen the Dionysius version of the story before, which it seems came originally from Hegesias of Magnesia. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On Literary Composition, Chap 18.)

I've never come across this before but, yes, having now searched for a copy of the text there it is: Capitulum xxjm.
Great find!

Yes, Aristonous should be on the list, which is not exhaustive, a poll would just be a way of nailing something to a putative mast and seeing if the cat licks it. Sounds like a good idea, Agesilaos. I shall have to find out how to set up a poll! :D Leave it with me, and I'll see what I can do. (See...

Paralus wrote:Oh dear..

Allow people their dreams, dear Paralus ...