Dancing with the Lion, both books: Becoming & Rise have been available almost 2 years now. It's available via Amazon in both ebook and paper versions.


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I haven't posted here in ages. Real life has eaten me. I'm now both Director of the Ancient Mediterranean Studies Program as well as the Graduate Program Chair at UNO, plus had various family concerns ( Read more... )

Hi, I hope no one minds me posting this here, but as this community seems to have faded and if you are still interested in Alexander/Hephaestion, you may wish to know that the only community (apart from www.pothos.org)still going strong -'Alexander's Army'- has moved from Yahoo to Livejournal. Do please check it out - alexandersarmy

An interesting little quote from 'The House of Ptolemy' by E R Bevan 1927

"One institution of the old Macedonian kingdom, kept up the Ptolemies in Egypt, as in other Hellenistic courts of those days, must have given social prestige to a certain number of families - the practice of bringing up a picked number of boys at court in attendance on ( Read more... )

If anyone is interested, I've started a small community for Greek and Roman art, particularly sculpture - the sort of things that Alexander would have been familiar with.  It's called greek_art if you'd like to take a look.

Part of the entry on Hephaestion:

‘For it is equally to the credit of Hephaestion and Alexander, that though the former undoubtedly owed his elevation to the personal favour and affection of the king, rather than to any abilities or achievements of his own he never allowed himself to degenerate into the-position of a flatterer or mere favourite, and ( Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/v/7E_VSyYR_Hc

This is a little video on Alexander's statue by John Romer from his 1994 television series The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.  He goes on to say that Alexander's face was used on the Colossus of Rhodes.  He also reckons that Alexander was a bit deaf!

This map of Alexandria comes from E M Forster's Guide to Alexandria (1922).


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I'll be traveling to Athens for the first time next month, and I know that I'll just be overwhelmed by all the amazing places and things there is to see.

Are there any particular Alexander or Hephaestion artifacts (or sights), big or small, in or around Athens that I should be on the lookout for? I would hate to miss something must-see. Thanks!

I don’t know if anyone will be interested but I’ve written a very long, and doubtless boring, essay on Alexander & Hephaestion’s early years.

1.                  Age(1) http://kizzikat.livejournal.com/15767.html#cutid1

2.                  Mieza http://kizzikat.livejournal.com/16317.html#cutid1

3.                  The Pages http://kizzikat. ( Read more... )