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- Sun May 05, 2024 8:41 pm
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Strabo #8 India
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Strabo #8 India
The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 Book XV. Chapter I . 29. India. Between the Hydaspes and Acesines is the country of Porus,(1) an extensive and fertile dist...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:13 pm
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Strabo #7 India
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Strabo #7 India
The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 Book XV. Chapter I. 2. India. The reader must receive the account of this country with indulgence, for it lies at a very gr...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:56 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: Bettany Hughes - Bulgaria
- Replies: 10
- Views: 723
Bettany Hughes - Bulgaria
The latest episode of Bettany Hughes' 'Treasure of the World' concentrated on Bulgaria ie the Thracians, and it was most interesting. I confess I have tended to regard the Thracians in the same way the Greeks seem to have regarded them - as barbarians - meaning with the modern connotation of uncivil...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:01 pm
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Strabo #6
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Strabo #6
The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 Excerpt from Book XIII. Chapter I. 2. The Troad. The coast of the Propontis extends from Cyzicene and the places about the ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Strabo #5
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- Views: 1355
Strabo #5
The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 Excerpt from Book XI. Chapter XIII. 3. Media. The other parts of this country are fertile, but that towards the north is mo...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:53 pm
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Strabo #4
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Strabo #4
The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 Book XI. Chapter V. 3. Amazons. There is a peculiarity in the history of the Amazons. In other histories the fabulous and t...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:50 pm
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Strabo #3
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- Views: 1272
Strabo #3
The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 Book VIII. Chapter IV. 8. Messenia. The city of the Messenians resembles Corinth, for above each city is a lofty and precip...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:27 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Cheronea ,The Protagonistes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1471
Re: Cheronea ,The Protagonistes
There is a nice close-up of the relief here on livius.org https://www.livius.org/pictures/greece/ ... panchares/
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:34 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Netflix’s Alexander..
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3467
Re: Netflix’s Alexander..
I haven't seen it, but it seems to have provoked quite a bit of Alexander interest as there is quite a bit of activity over on AO3 (Archive of Our Own fan fiction). It is the 20th anniversary of Stone's movie later this year and I was hoping to do something in the forum to mark it. Yes, there is a s...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Pothos now inherited by Alexias and on a new server.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7237
Re: Pothos now inherited by Alexias and on a new server.
Ah, thanks! Yes, I have been an Alexander fan since I first read Mary Renault. but until the internet came along the only sources of information were the local library and, later, the occasional books I could find and buy. I have learnt so much since the internet came along!
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:03 am
- Forum: Comments, help, suggestions etc
- Topic: New pages
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1333
Re: New pages
Hi Marcus, if you would like to start on something I would like to revise the mini-biographies that are currently online (eg the Olympias one is just wrong as she did not rule Macedonia for three decades!) it would be a help if you could make a start on this. Heckel's Who's Who, which you can downlo...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:48 pm
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Strabo #2
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1229
Strabo #2
The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 Excerpt from Book VII. Chapter III. 8. Getae. …But what occasion is there for me to speak of such as belonged to the times ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:06 pm
- Forum: Comments, help, suggestions etc
- Topic: New pages
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1333
Re: New pages
Certainly will, thank you. I'm playing about with some add-on modules to the board at the moment to enhance what options are available.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:30 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Alexander video
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2020
Alexander video
Ta, tah! You can now embed videos in a pothos post! There is a new icon to the right of the list of icons when creating your post.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:13 pm
- Forum: Art and Culture
- Topic: The Oasis at Siwah
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4666
Re: The Oasis at Siwah
The warm temperature is constant but feels different from a cold hand at midnight than to a warm/hot one in the afternoon. That sounds a reasonable explanation, and welcome! Though possibly the water may heat up during the day with the sun. Water retains heat longer than the ground so it may be sti...