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ALEXANDER IN MEMORIUM
Arthes Offline
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06-10-2006, 09:26 AM
Gone for 2,329 years but never forgotten

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06-10-2006, 09:48 AM
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06-10-2006, 11:06 AM
Why do you post it on the tenth of June? He died on the eleventh! :wink:

The cuneiform evidence is discussed by Leo Depuydt, 'The Time of Death of Alexander the Great: 11 June 323 BC, ca. 4:00-5:00 PM' in: Die Welt des Orients 28 (1997) 117-135

Two links that may have some interest:
[url:dxrtbcv3]http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_t41.html[/url] (summary of Depuydt's article)
[url:dxrtbcv3]http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_z6.html[/url] (identification of the omen of Alexander's death)
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06-10-2006, 02:26 PM
Quote:Why do you post it on the tenth of June? He died on the eleventh! :wink:

The cuneiform evidence is discussed by Leo Depuydt, 'The Time of Death of Alexander the Great: 11 June 323 BC, ca. 4:00-5:00 PM' in: Die Welt des Orients 28 (1997) 117-135

Two links that may have some interest:
[url:3bmfz17e]http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_t41.html[/url] (summary of Depuydt's article)
[url:3bmfz17e]http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_z6.html[/url] (identification of the omen of Alexander's death)
Thanks Jona,
I know you list it as the 11th, others take it as the the 10th......I thought it better to post on the earliest date..... :wink:
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