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[edit] Alexander in the Inferno

Has anyone every discussed Alexander and his place in Dante's Inferno? Though many people both ancient and modern are very awed at his accomplishments he gets placed in a pool of boiling blood and gets shot at by centaurs. Dante cites the reason because of his excess of blood letting but I don't see a reference in the actual article, just a question. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Maverick62289 (talk • contribs) .

mmm... I think its better to leave that out. If every refrence to Alexander the Great in the last 2350 odd years were put in this article it would be long indeed. What Dante thought of Alexander might be more relevant to an article on Dante than an article on Alexander. Thebike 21:44, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
It belongs in the article Cultural depictions of Alexander the Great, but not in the main article. --Akhilleus (talk) 21:55, 8 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Biblical references to Alexander

I don't think the article on Alexander is complete without referring to the Bibilical prophesies of the book of Daniel, chapter 8. The passage is quite clear and I don't know of anyone that disputes it is directly referring to Alexander's destruction of the Media-Persian empire - regardless of whether they believe it was written as prophesy or history. The writing in Daniel points to being written in 600BC or before, and even those who believe it was postdated would put it within 100 to 200 years of Alexanders reign.

Regardless of ones viewpoint on the Bible, the historical relevance of books, particularly ones such as Daniel, is unquestioned. The fact that Alexander is referred to specifically in the Bible is rare for anyone outside the history of ancient Israel.

This is particularly true if the portion on the Quran's (very sketchy) references to Alexander are retained in the article. At best this is hearsay on the Daniel legend written nearly a century after the fact, and therefore offers little historical merit.

In Alexander (disambiguation), it is written as Alexander the Great (336-323BC) it should be 356-323BC

Yes, this is an excellent point. But there's not enough said about Alexander in the Bible to create a sub-topic. Perhaps it would be best as a trivia point or as something noted in some other related section. Jtpaladin 15:21, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cant place citation

I put the quote from Arrian in a few months ago and now realise I should have given a citation. Now the page is locked I can't make good my error. Can whoever still has rights put the following citation against the quotation of Arrian at the end of the greek and latin source section: 'The Campaigns of Alexander', Arrian, Book One, Page 12.

My version is the Penguin Classics edition (ISBN 0-140-44253-7) from the translation by Aubrey De Selincourt

(its on page 67 in this edition, I'm not sure of the citation protocol in Wikipedia so I have given both 'sources') Harecourt 19:14, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pure Speculation is not a history

Fictional assumptions of some modern writers of the fictional historical novels should not be presented as an evidence, they are and only remain pure speculation. It is not serious to put reference to some minor characters as Bagos in the article on Alexander. It should be considered, removal of allegations and speculations from the wikipedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jjpcondor (talk • contribs) 00:34, 9 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Question

Why is this protected? Hawk27 00:24, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Star of Vergina

"It originated from the vergina tombs on a golden casket from the tomb of Philip, father of Alexander The Great. But this archaeological find had already long been a part of Greek identity - causing a massive diplomatic row""


"Similar abuses occurred during the Balkans conflicts following Yugoslavia's break-up - not just in Macedonia, but throughout the region, argued Stasa Babic of Belgrade University"


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