12-20-2005, 01:08 PM
Hi guys
got as gift the other day the documentary "in the footsepts of Alexander the great" by Michael Wood. AM enjoying it. Only half way thru it. Gives a chance to see some great locations (pure scenery, besides archeological remains) and interesting comments. I was tickled by how Alexander is still seen to this day, after 2300 years, as a two horned devil and his story is told by story tellers to entertain and used to scare naughty children. I also was impressed how well alexander's(?) "wall" is still recognizable. Even if not by alexander but by persians or later sassanians it is still an impressive piece of militray work.
got as gift the other day the documentary "in the footsepts of Alexander the great" by Michael Wood. AM enjoying it. Only half way thru it. Gives a chance to see some great locations (pure scenery, besides archeological remains) and interesting comments. I was tickled by how Alexander is still seen to this day, after 2300 years, as a two horned devil and his story is told by story tellers to entertain and used to scare naughty children. I also was impressed how well alexander's(?) "wall" is still recognizable. Even if not by alexander but by persians or later sassanians it is still an impressive piece of militray work.
Jeffery Wyss
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
