04-27-2005, 12:04 PM
Hello to everybody,
I had just opportunity to see Oliver Stone's famous 'Alexander'-film; when the Macedonian / Greek phalanx advanced in the beginning of the Gaugamela battle, the soldiers shouted something that in my ears sounded like a rhythmic 'entiphalos' (surely I have not written it correct!).
Anybody knows the correct way of writing and the meaning? I read elsewhere (in Gisbert Haefs fine Novel 'Alexander') that the Macedonians used to shout 'Alalalai' when advancing to attack.
Greets - Uwe
I had just opportunity to see Oliver Stone's famous 'Alexander'-film; when the Macedonian / Greek phalanx advanced in the beginning of the Gaugamela battle, the soldiers shouted something that in my ears sounded like a rhythmic 'entiphalos' (surely I have not written it correct!).
Anybody knows the correct way of writing and the meaning? I read elsewhere (in Gisbert Haefs fine Novel 'Alexander') that the Macedonians used to shout 'Alalalai' when advancing to attack.
Greets - Uwe
Greets - Uwe
