Spearpoint
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Spearpoint is a podcast about Alexander the Great. Hosted by Malcolm Mann and Dr. Frances Joseph you can find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and your RSS Feed!
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Spearpoint
A podcast about Alexander the Great
spearpointatg.com
Spearpoint Episode 8 is out now! We discuss Alexander's Lovers. From Roxane to Bagoas to... Hephaestion? Now there's a topic. 8 is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, your RSS Feed and our blog along with a special blog post: spearpointatg.com <3
20/21st July 356 BC, a son is born to Philip II king of Macedon and his wife Olympias. The boy’s name: Alexander.
July 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
20/21st July 356 BC, a son is born to Philip II king of Macedon and his wife Olympias. The boy’s name: Alexander.
“My name is my name!”
The importance of having a name (reputation) was as important to Alexander as it was to Marlo Stanfield in The Wire.
The importance of having a name (reputation) was as important to Alexander as it was to Marlo Stanfield in The Wire.
July 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
“My name is my name!”
The importance of having a name (reputation) was as important to Alexander as it was to Marlo Stanfield in The Wire.
The importance of having a name (reputation) was as important to Alexander as it was to Marlo Stanfield in The Wire.
Alexander was 20 when he became king of Macedon. His young age meant that despite already having military experience he had to use his late father to win the army’s support.
July 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Alexander was 20 when he became king of Macedon. His young age meant that despite already having military experience he had to use his late father to win the army’s support.
It was a dreadful cinematic year for this writer. He got so scared by Close Encounters of the Third Kind that he had to leave the cinema, making his father and brother go with him!
(in his defence, he was a wee mite!)
(in his defence, he was a wee mite!)
There was a lot of movie perfection in 1977. Forty-eight years on THE SPY WHO LOVED ME is still the vital moment when Bond grew, survived and started all over again, but better.
#TheSpyWhoLovedMe #JamesBond #RogerMoore #Bond77
#TheSpyWhoLovedMe #JamesBond #RogerMoore #Bond77
July 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It was a dreadful cinematic year for this writer. He got so scared by Close Encounters of the Third Kind that he had to leave the cinema, making his father and brother go with him!
(in his defence, he was a wee mite!)
(in his defence, he was a wee mite!)
Spearpoint Episode 8 is out now! We discuss Alexander's Lovers. From Roxane to Bagoas to... Hephaestion? Now there's a topic. 8 is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, your RSS Feed and our blog along with a special blog post: spearpointatg.com <3
Spearpoint
A podcast about Alexander the Great
spearpointatg.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Spearpoint Episode 8 is out now! We discuss Alexander's Lovers. From Roxane to Bagoas to... Hephaestion? Now there's a topic. 8 is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, your RSS Feed and our blog along with a special blog post: spearpointatg.com <3
When we think of Alexander the Great we think of the king who conquered the Persian Empire. But he wasn't just about warfare.
June 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
When we think of Alexander the Great we think of the king who conquered the Persian Empire. But he wasn't just about warfare.
Before he could begin his campaign against the Persian Empire, Alexander the Great had to secure his northern borders. He did this in 335 BC. At the start of the campaign, Free Thracians attacked Alexander’s Macedonian army by rolling carts down a hill at it.
April 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Before he could begin his campaign against the Persian Empire, Alexander the Great had to secure his northern borders. He did this in 335 BC. At the start of the campaign, Free Thracians attacked Alexander’s Macedonian army by rolling carts down a hill at it.
This is pencil portrait of Alexander in his idealised form:
- leonine hair
- anastole
- clean shaven
- dreamy eyes
- slightly parted lips
- leonine hair
- anastole
- clean shaven
- dreamy eyes
- slightly parted lips
April 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
This is pencil portrait of Alexander in his idealised form:
- leonine hair
- anastole
- clean shaven
- dreamy eyes
- slightly parted lips
- leonine hair
- anastole
- clean shaven
- dreamy eyes
- slightly parted lips
Spearpoint Episode 7 is out now!
In Images of Alexander Pt.2 we bring our explosion of the great king’s representation in art up-to-date as we cover the 20th and 21st century.
In Images of Alexander Pt.2 we bring our explosion of the great king’s representation in art up-to-date as we cover the 20th and 21st century.
April 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Spearpoint Episode 7 is out now!
In Images of Alexander Pt.2 we bring our explosion of the great king’s representation in art up-to-date as we cover the 20th and 21st century.
In Images of Alexander Pt.2 we bring our explosion of the great king’s representation in art up-to-date as we cover the 20th and 21st century.
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Macedon & its Influences
Narratives of Politics and War in Honor of Edward M. Anson
The papers explore themes especially prominent in Anson’s extensive bibliography: warfare & political action in Macedonian history, especially during the reigns of Philip II and Alexander the Great. #classicsbluesky
Narratives of Politics and War in Honor of Edward M. Anson
The papers explore themes especially prominent in Anson’s extensive bibliography: warfare & political action in Macedonian history, especially during the reigns of Philip II and Alexander the Great. #classicsbluesky
April 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Macedon & its Influences
Narratives of Politics and War in Honor of Edward M. Anson
The papers explore themes especially prominent in Anson’s extensive bibliography: warfare & political action in Macedonian history, especially during the reigns of Philip II and Alexander the Great. #classicsbluesky
Narratives of Politics and War in Honor of Edward M. Anson
The papers explore themes especially prominent in Anson’s extensive bibliography: warfare & political action in Macedonian history, especially during the reigns of Philip II and Alexander the Great. #classicsbluesky
We mourn the passing of Val Kilmer, who has died aged 65. Top Gun’s Ice Man played the part of Alexander the Great’s father, Philip II, in Alexander (2004).
April 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We mourn the passing of Val Kilmer, who has died aged 65. Top Gun’s Ice Man played the part of Alexander the Great’s father, Philip II, in Alexander (2004).
Alexander’s mother, Olympias of Epirus. She is almost unanimously portrayed in a negative capacity by the Alexander historians of antiquity. Olympias was a woman forced to fight for her place (and life) in a man’s world.
(pic: wikipedia)
(pic: wikipedia)
March 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Alexander’s mother, Olympias of Epirus. She is almost unanimously portrayed in a negative capacity by the Alexander historians of antiquity. Olympias was a woman forced to fight for her place (and life) in a man’s world.
(pic: wikipedia)
(pic: wikipedia)
Alexander the Great has been portrayed in many different ways over the last 2,300 years. This bust, the Azara Herm, is believed to derive from a work by Lysippus, one of the few artists Alexander allowed to depict him
March 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Alexander the Great has been portrayed in many different ways over the last 2,300 years. This bust, the Azara Herm, is believed to derive from a work by Lysippus, one of the few artists Alexander allowed to depict him
A lion eating a man?
Actually, this is Alexander the Great wearing a lion cap.
How do we know? Actually, we don’t; at least, not absolutely as the bust is not marked as such.
Actually, this is Alexander the Great wearing a lion cap.
How do we know? Actually, we don’t; at least, not absolutely as the bust is not marked as such.
February 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A lion eating a man?
Actually, this is Alexander the Great wearing a lion cap.
How do we know? Actually, we don’t; at least, not absolutely as the bust is not marked as such.
Actually, this is Alexander the Great wearing a lion cap.
How do we know? Actually, we don’t; at least, not absolutely as the bust is not marked as such.
In Oliver Stone’s ‘Alexander’, Olympias is played by Angelina Jolie.
The mother of the great conqueror is the focus of the latest episode of Spearpoint - available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RSS Mobile and our blog (spearpointatg.com) now!
#AlexanderTheGreat #AncientGreece #history
The mother of the great conqueror is the focus of the latest episode of Spearpoint - available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RSS Mobile and our blog (spearpointatg.com) now!
#AlexanderTheGreat #AncientGreece #history
January 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
In Oliver Stone’s ‘Alexander’, Olympias is played by Angelina Jolie.
The mother of the great conqueror is the focus of the latest episode of Spearpoint - available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RSS Mobile and our blog (spearpointatg.com) now!
#AlexanderTheGreat #AncientGreece #history
The mother of the great conqueror is the focus of the latest episode of Spearpoint - available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RSS Mobile and our blog (spearpointatg.com) now!
#AlexanderTheGreat #AncientGreece #history
Episode 5 of Spearpoint is live! In this episode, Malcolm and Frances discuss Alexander the Great's mother, Olympias.
You can find the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS Mobile. It's also on our blog: spearpointatg.com/2025/01/09/e...
You can find the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS Mobile. It's also on our blog: spearpointatg.com/2025/01/09/e...
Episode 5: Olympias: The Mother of Alexander
Alexander the Great is a figure of such historic importance it can be easy to forget where he came from. His father, Philip II, makes himself known by his own achievements. But what about his mothe…
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January 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Episode 5 of Spearpoint is live! In this episode, Malcolm and Frances discuss Alexander the Great's mother, Olympias.
You can find the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS Mobile. It's also on our blog: spearpointatg.com/2025/01/09/e...
You can find the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS Mobile. It's also on our blog: spearpointatg.com/2025/01/09/e...
This statue of Alexander the Great is in Thessaloniki, Greece. Alexander sits astride his horse Bucephalus and holds a winged victory, a symbol of his military success. Behind him, Mt. Olympus, home of the gods.
December 20, 2024 at 7:35 AM
This statue of Alexander the Great is in Thessaloniki, Greece. Alexander sits astride his horse Bucephalus and holds a winged victory, a symbol of his military success. Behind him, Mt. Olympus, home of the gods.
The night before his great showdown with Darius III at the Battle of Gaugamela Alexander stayed up so late pondering the task ahead he overslept the next day. His deputy, Parmenion, had to take the unusual action of entering his bedroom in order to wake him.
November 29, 2024 at 8:09 PM
The night before his great showdown with Darius III at the Battle of Gaugamela Alexander stayed up so late pondering the task ahead he overslept the next day. His deputy, Parmenion, had to take the unusual action of entering his bedroom in order to wake him.
This is an artist’s interpretation of how a relief of Alexander the Great on the Alexander Sarcophagus would have been painted.
We can tell that the rider is Alexander by his lion head helmet. The lion is part of Heracles’ iconography, which Alexander used in his coinage.
We can tell that the rider is Alexander by his lion head helmet. The lion is part of Heracles’ iconography, which Alexander used in his coinage.
November 28, 2024 at 6:22 PM
This is an artist’s interpretation of how a relief of Alexander the Great on the Alexander Sarcophagus would have been painted.
We can tell that the rider is Alexander by his lion head helmet. The lion is part of Heracles’ iconography, which Alexander used in his coinage.
We can tell that the rider is Alexander by his lion head helmet. The lion is part of Heracles’ iconography, which Alexander used in his coinage.
This is one of the most famous busts of Alexander the Great in world.
In it we can see a number of features associated with Alexander’s artistic iconography;
- His leonine hair. Shaggy, just like Heracles
- Centre parting in his hair
- Dreamy/far seeing eyes
In it we can see a number of features associated with Alexander’s artistic iconography;
- His leonine hair. Shaggy, just like Heracles
- Centre parting in his hair
- Dreamy/far seeing eyes
November 27, 2024 at 1:00 PM
This is one of the most famous busts of Alexander the Great in world.
In it we can see a number of features associated with Alexander’s artistic iconography;
- His leonine hair. Shaggy, just like Heracles
- Centre parting in his hair
- Dreamy/far seeing eyes
In it we can see a number of features associated with Alexander’s artistic iconography;
- His leonine hair. Shaggy, just like Heracles
- Centre parting in his hair
- Dreamy/far seeing eyes
The Winged Victory of Samothrace comes from the same island where Alexander the Great’s father, Philip, and his mother, Olympias, are said to have met.
According to Plutarch, they were there to be ‘initiated into a mystery religion of underworld demons…’ (Robin Lane Fox, 1973)
According to Plutarch, they were there to be ‘initiated into a mystery religion of underworld demons…’ (Robin Lane Fox, 1973)
November 25, 2024 at 10:05 PM
The Winged Victory of Samothrace comes from the same island where Alexander the Great’s father, Philip, and his mother, Olympias, are said to have met.
According to Plutarch, they were there to be ‘initiated into a mystery religion of underworld demons…’ (Robin Lane Fox, 1973)
According to Plutarch, they were there to be ‘initiated into a mystery religion of underworld demons…’ (Robin Lane Fox, 1973)
As much as we love Alexander: cat.
Climed to the top of Aït Ben Haddou, the spectacular fortified village in Morocco dating back to at least the 11th century, where they filmed Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator, Game of Thrones etc. It’s an incredible place, but the thing I want to tell you is that I met this cat #ProofOfCat
November 24, 2024 at 12:28 PM
As much as we love Alexander: cat.
If the ivory bust of Alexander the Great represents one of the earliest depictions of him then Buck Braithwaite (Making of a God, Netflix 2024) represents one of the latest.
images
Buck Braithwaite: www.augustman.com/sg/entertain...
Ivory head: Reddit :: r/AlexanderTheGreat
images
Buck Braithwaite: www.augustman.com/sg/entertain...
Ivory head: Reddit :: r/AlexanderTheGreat
November 24, 2024 at 12:17 PM
If the ivory bust of Alexander the Great represents one of the earliest depictions of him then Buck Braithwaite (Making of a God, Netflix 2024) represents one of the latest.
images
Buck Braithwaite: www.augustman.com/sg/entertain...
Ivory head: Reddit :: r/AlexanderTheGreat
images
Buck Braithwaite: www.augustman.com/sg/entertain...
Ivory head: Reddit :: r/AlexanderTheGreat
This ivory bust of Alexander the Great was found in the royal tomb at Vergina.
It represents, therefore, one of the earliest depictions of the conqueror that we possess.
(source: Reddit :: r/AlexanderTheGreat)
It represents, therefore, one of the earliest depictions of the conqueror that we possess.
(source: Reddit :: r/AlexanderTheGreat)
November 24, 2024 at 11:56 AM
This ivory bust of Alexander the Great was found in the royal tomb at Vergina.
It represents, therefore, one of the earliest depictions of the conqueror that we possess.
(source: Reddit :: r/AlexanderTheGreat)
It represents, therefore, one of the earliest depictions of the conqueror that we possess.
(source: Reddit :: r/AlexanderTheGreat)