Samarkand - or Marakanda - in Sogdia was the most northern city of the Persian Empire.
The Indus river would mark its border in the east - as the Nile river does in the west.
As the city of Babylon was located in a central position - it seems to me as if only the Ionic cities of Asia Minor in the west have been forgotten by Robert Rossen to be mentioned in the script. That renders the geographical image of Persia as rather incomplete and might be irritating to the viewer.
According to Pindar in the Isthmian Ode the great-grandparents of Achilles were said to be Zeus and Aegina - the parents of Aeacus, the father of Peleus.
In antiquity people defined themselves by their genealogy - or origins.
You might have noticed the family tree in the gospels of Matthew and Luke.
These seem to depict "companions", sons of nobles, attracted to the court by Phillip - to educate them in attic arts - to prepare their service as bodyguards, generals and diplomats.
According to this movie, I could figure out only two more characters. That is Philotas - to the right hand of Alexander - and Ptolemy - on the upper left of the scene.
The second from the upper right line could be Pausanias.
Samarkand - or Marakanda - in Sogdia was the most northern city of the Persian Empire.
The Indus river would mark its border in the east - as the Nile river does in the west.
As the city of Babylon was located in a central position - it seems to me as if only the Ionic cities of Asia Minor in the west have been forgotten by Robert Rossen to be mentioned in the script. That renders the geographical image of Persia as rather incomplete and might be irritating to the viewer.
christophmahler 3 years ago
According to Pindar in the Isthmian Ode the great-grandparents of Achilles were said to be Zeus and Aegina - the parents of Aeacus, the father of Peleus.
In antiquity people defined themselves by their genealogy - or origins.
You might have noticed the family tree in the gospels of Matthew and Luke.
christophmahler 3 years ago
Yes - I think, You are right !
Alexander is depicted in this movie as dying in the ancient Elamite city of Susa - right after his 'cosmopolitical' wedding with Roxana.
She is depicted as a daughter of Darius - while actually she was said to be the daughter of Oxyartes of Bactria (Northern 'Afghanistan').
christophmahler 3 years ago
These seem to depict "companions", sons of nobles, attracted to the court by Phillip - to educate them in attic arts - to prepare their service as bodyguards, generals and diplomats.
According to this movie, I could figure out only two more characters. That is Philotas - to the right hand of Alexander - and Ptolemy - on the upper left of the scene.
The second from the upper right line could be Pausanias.
Hephaestion seems to be forgotten in that movie.
christophmahler 3 years ago