I have been most impressed with your Alexandrian research.
I have been most impressed with your Alexandrian research. I need some speculation to make my theory complete. It would be exquisite to have a list of 13MAGNUS of Alexander's time. Here is who I immediately suspect:
Alexander.
Ada of Caria
Aristotle
Ptolomy
Isocrates
Plato
Olympias
Who else? Or who doesn't fit. Place answers here. This is very important.
Oracle at Ammon?
And we should contemplate Anti-Magnus
Alexander.
Ada of Caria
Aristotle
Ptolomy
Isocrates
Plato
Olympias
Who else? Or who doesn't fit. Place answers here. This is very important.
Oracle at Ammon?
And we should contemplate Anti-Magnus
Yik Sheng Lee
ReplyDeleteSocrates? Pythagoras?
ReplyDeletePythagoras
ReplyDeleteHe had a following.
ReplyDeletei wonder what the "test" was to become 13 magnus
ReplyDeletehow did antimagnus identify (symbol)
Hermes trismegistus
ReplyDeleteAppolonios of tyana
That's all for now unmentioned
Epicurias
ReplyDeleteI guess Leonardo da Pisa (aka Fibonacci) would be a bit too modern (1170-1250).
ReplyDeletewhat are the criteria people are using to pick 13Magnus vs Antimagnus? I am just curious, how are they being identified? Is it just those who were nice to Alexander vs those trying to kill him?
ReplyDeleteI knew that Alexander was a student of Plato, who was in turn a student of Aristotle, who was a student of Socrates. That's a line of thinkers examining their world that seems to mirror in some ways Edgar Allan Wright and Calvin gathering investigators and sensitives today. Epicurus was a contemporary philosopher who, like the first three, proposed insights that resonate to this day.
ReplyDeleteNikolas Moore See what Wright says, but this looks like a good list for the Caesarian 13Magnus.
ReplyDeleteJoJo Stratton excellent question.
ReplyDeleteSecond King of Rome, Numa Pompilius (753-673BC) - predates Alexander by a few centuries, but authored numerous books of "divine origin", was given "by the gods" a plaque-ending shield adorned with mysterious glyphs , sought peace through the cult of Terminus and the closure of the gates of the temple of Janus during his reign. He is considered to be the origin of many religious and political aspects of Ancient Rome.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numa_Pompilius
don't forget that the extensive references to Greek and Macedonian history would make Troy a good candidate for a battlefield upon which 13Magnus (13M) and Anti-magnus (AM) fought. I'd like to nominate:
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King Menelaus, who laid seige to Troy
Agamemnon, his brother
Achilles
Odysseus (I'm guessing he was killed in Troy, his wife was delivered the body, and his simulacra spent a decade searching for a way to become whole again)
AM:
Paris
Helen of Troy
Possible artifacts involved:
The Apple of Aphrodite, used to win the heart of Helen, much like Klue was won by ADA.
more after class
JoJo Stratton
ReplyDeleteAs to why I think certain characters are 13M vs. AM, I'm using our modern heroes, and assuming they derive from older archetypes. The viator, as a wandering soldier, fits the mold of Odysseus for example.
Archetypes, a sort of "eternal spirit" that lives on through multiple lives and times. Many of these candidates for "magnacy" seem to have had a deep influence on the thoughts of the people - in some cases, their influence took hold of entire civilizations. The Pythagorean Theorem is critical to this day, Plato's thoughts continue to be dissected at length, and maybe things would have looked entirely different had old Pompilius been a warring rather than a peaceful ruler.
ReplyDeleteMike Wissinger Alexander was student of Aristotle; Aristotle was a student to Plato which his mentor was Socrates.
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-Coenus
-Hephaestion
-Ptolemy
Antis
- Glaucias
-Cassander