Megas Alexandros

Monday, August 23, 2010

Alexander the Great or not?

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Some time ago, I saw that Christie’s offered a Hellenistic terracotta statue for sale representing Alexander the Great or one of his succe...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Funeral Games by Mary Renault

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Funeral Games (ISBN 0-375-71419-7) is the third novel Mary Renault wrote, after Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy – the first a...
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

The Persian Boy by Mary Renault

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After Fire from Heaven , one would automatically expect Mary Renault to write a sequel to the years of young Alexander, and she did, ...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Alexander's Lovers by Andrew Michael Chugg

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Yes, I got all excited reading Alexander's Lovers (ISBN 1411699602) , not because of some spicy details about Alexander’s intimate...
Monday, May 3, 2010

The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great by Andrew Chugg

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Had " The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great " ( ISBN1-902699-62-9 )  by Andrew Michael Chugg not been on sale, I would not have b...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Alexander’s Macedonian soldiers – short of memory?

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 Ian Worthington definitely is an authority when it comes to writing about Alexander the Great and everything around him. I just got ...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Bronze Statue of Alexander for sale?

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Believe it or nor, a beautiful bronze statue of Alexander the Great has been offered for sale. An original work from the 4th century BC, ...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault

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 Fire from Heaven  (ISBN 0582101344) was one of the very first books that I read on the subject of Alexander the Great , here depicted...
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The many wives of Philip II of Macedonia

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In antiquity, women had no say at all. They had absolutely no rights and were treated as common goods, to be sold or bought, negotiated, or...
Monday, March 8, 2010

Immortal Alexander the Great.

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This is what I’ve been waiting for, the exhibition about Alexander the Great with artifacts from the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg ! T...
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Ever since my early visits to Greece, Alexander was my faithful travel companion. Eventually, I followed him into modern-day countries such as Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Iran and Uzbekistan. Standing on the banks of the Granicus, skirting the Zagros Mountains, or crossing the Oxus River on foot gave me a totally different feeling and perspective of the events than what is recounted otherwise. I returned home with scores of stories about the heritage left by Alexander and the Hellenistic Era he initiated. My travels and encounters with Alexander were a most wonderful and exhilarating experience, which I love to share with my readers. This led me to writing my book, 'Alexander the Great was here, and so was I', which can be used as a travel guide; but also as a historical guide to follow Alexander the Great, making his way through history.
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