#Alexander's heroes

[jeannereames]

Hi Dr. Reames, sorry to disturb you. I remember somewhere you mentioned how many times ATG was associated with each gods and heroes in the ancient sources ?But I can't find the blog now. If my memory is correct and you still have such records, could you please send me a link to it? Thank you so much!

Besides, when I read curtius 'Beside her sat one of her granddaughters, mourning for the recent loss of Hephaestion, whom she had married, and in the general sorrow was renewing her own reasons for grief. But Sisigambis alone felt the misfortune that had befallen all her family.....', I wonder if there is anything reliable in this account, does it try to imply that Hephaestion might have been nice to this girl?

Answering the second question first, he probably was nice enough to her. She was a royal princess, and her grandmother was fond of Alexander. And he himself seems to have been in favor of Alexander’s policy of integrating Persians, so he wouldn’t have been predisposed to treat her badly. And she’d have been inclined to make him happy, as her life more or less depending on it. Which brings me to the rest of the story.

The details are likely an exercise in ancient Roman “creative non-fiction.” Curtius does that a lot, embellishing on the historical record, which itself was embellished. So we shouldn’t give a lot of attention to the details, but Curtius was almost certainly correct in the general sorrow-fear these women felt when Alexander died. He’d been their protector. Without him, they’d have no idea about their futures. What Curtius gives to Sisygambus was almost certainly the alarm of every woman in Alexander’s harem: what will become of us now? That would probably generate a lot of tears, and also, perhaps, some cut-throat plans—as we see with Roxana.

The harem was, itself, a political hothouse, especially for those closest to the top. For the novels, I’ve given some thought to how I’ll be portraying the women/girls in the novels, just as I did to the sisters and wives in the women’s rooms in Macedonia.

Returning to your first question, I can find a bunch on Achilles in blogs [asks + Achilles] but none with exact numbers. BUT I do have the original article itself, of course, so below is my footnote that lays it all out:

Footnote 14 from “Philip’s and Alexander’s Use of Religious Cult in Our Extant Sources”:

In Plutarch, Herakles is referenced only twice in relation to Alexander, Achilles three times and Dionysos three. Justin, although shorter, references Herakles four times, Achilles two, and Dionysos only once. Diodoros mentions Herakles six times, Achilles three, and Dionysos two. Predictably, Curtius and Arrian have more. Curtius references Herakles nine times, Achilles once, and Dionysos seven, but Curtius is missing the first two chapters, which would have included the Troy visit, and has a large lacuna including the death of Hephaistion, both of which would likely have involved references to Achilles, and probably more of Herakles as well. Arrian shows the same disproportion: Herakles has twelve mentions, Achilles four, and Dionysos seven.

No, I’m not sure yet when this Companion is coming out, but probably in 2024. Edward Anson is the editor, and the title will be Brill's Companion to the Campaigns of Philip II and Alexander the Great.

[green-tea217]

[henrycavilledits]

Henry Cavill with Hero Fiennes Tiffin & Alexander Pettyfer

These two wonderful wonderful chaps! What a lucky man I am to have been able to do press with them. We were missing the other Henry and Big AL but we managed to scrape through without them!

If you would like to see more of these two chaps, plus the other two not pictured here (you'll have to imagine what they look like) go check them out in the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare in cinemas on April 19th in the US. I'll be in that movie, too.  - via Henry Cavill's instagram

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

EWAN MITCHELL GETTING READY FOR THE PREMIERE OF 'HOUSE OF THE DRAGON' S2 IN LONDON.

> HE'S WEARING ALEXANDER MCQUEEN FW24.

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Characters, book, and author names under the cut

Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood - The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Magnus Chase/Alex Fierro - Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan

[detective-jane-rizzoli]

[wwprice1]

Cassandra Cain by Jason Shawn Alexander and Dave Stewart.

[joenateuser]

+ the most important part

Henry Cavill, Alexander Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin & Henry Golding for 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare'

When the gentlemen get together… 😚😝

[rolandkaros]

im gonna be a dickhead for a second cause this is actually pissing me off:

i NEED y’all to deep the fact that most of these players do not care about what this man has done. carlos will probably shake his hand on sunday. maybe even a hug. they will compliment each other during the trophy presentation. no doubt the players will be asked again about the trial and no doubt the VAST majority of them will give the same non-answers as in australia. many of them are friends with him. many of these ‘friends’ are your faves. i’m not telling you to change your allegiance or find new players to be fans of or anything of that sort (this is the nature of sports, unfortunately a lot of them are very very flawed people, including many of the players i am a fan of). but i cannot sit here and watch all y’all go on saying ‘omg carlitos needs to defeat the evil on sunday 😣😖😫’ he literally does not care. most of them don’t. please, for the love of god, for everybody’s sake, i need us to understand this.

[rinbylin]

"You think I'm a hero. Well, I'm no hero."

SIDNEY FALCO + dog motifs | SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)

[hauntingyouwithpjo]

Alexander Hawthorne is so Leo Valdez coded like bro ain’t even trying to hide it he literally made a mechanical dragon????is funny af?????parent issues????

Am I the only one that noticed???or just the only one in both fandoms???

[pat1dee]

Heroes For Hire -Power Man and Iron Fist by Dakota Alexander

[green-tea217]

No rizz just an obsession with Percy Jackson and the ability to recite Hamilton at the top of my head

[7yd1a]

Everyone should play DragonFable there's a Wizard Polycule in it

Bonus (The Hero) :

[poppitron360]

Okay but like…

We know that reincarnation/rebirth is canon in the Riordanverse if you go to Elysium-

[fantyella]

if anything happens to that owl i’m gonna cry like a little baby this is a warning