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duxfemina · 7 months

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I don't know about pre-Greco Egypt but let me just say the Ptolemies out here making the 18th century French aristocracy look nice

"The Ptolemies reorganized her agriculture to yield the absolute maximum, taxed it so that the peasant was left just enough of his harvest to live on, put the rest in the silos at Alexandria, and exporting it all over the Mediterranean pocketed the proceeds."

The Ancient Mariners by Lionel Casson

#ptolemies #ancient egypt #classical egypt #ptolemy #greek Egypt #greeks #greek culture #greek history #ancient Greece #ptolemy the great #greedy greeks of history #mediterranean #trade routes #egypt #egyptology #call me Evie Carnahan

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aphroditelovesu · 6 months

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hii I love your work,you're super talented ❤️❤️

I was wondering how wondering Alexander and his generals react to a shy reader?

This isn't a request btw I was just wondering,u can ignore this if u want

have a nice day/night❤️❤️

Hii!! Thank you so much, anon! I'm glad you like my work! And oh, have a good day/night, you too! ❤️❤️

Alexander would think it's adorable if you were shy, he thinks it's cute when you huddled in a corner when you're around a lot of people, or don't talk much. Sometimes this can irritate him, but most of the time, he thinks it's adorable and just wants to keep you in his arms to protect you. Protect you from the world, but not from him.

Hephaestion thinks it's adorable too, he likes to tease you and always laughs when he sees your face turning red, whether from anger or embarrassment. You're so cute that he just wants to bite you. He doesn't mind at all and he likes it because that means it's very unlikely that you would cheat on him or do something he doesn't like with someone else, due to your shyness.

Perdiccas and you go hand in hand, because he is also a little shy and even antisocial, but with you he becomes a completely extroverted person. Think of two introverted best friends at a party, did you? Well, it's you and Perdiccas. He is very calm and sometimes likes to be silent by your side.

Ptolemy doesn't care much, he's never been much of a talker but he's not exactly shy. He just knows when to be quiet and when to speak and he passionately believes that you are just like him, even if you are not. He will never try to force you to get along with someone or speak in public, he will always respect your desires and needs.

Cleitus is an extroverted and very talkative guy, he is always talking loudly and laughing, completely different from you. At first, he found your shyness a slight annoyance because he didn't always get the reaction he wanted from you. Don't get him wrong, he will always respect your limits but he would like you to be less shy, you know, loosen up more.

Cassander is as quiet as you, but he is not shy but very introverted. Even around his "friends" he doesn't usually talk much and has a very sharp tongue, constantly hurling insults, but not at you, never at you. Cassander finds your shyness adorable and loves to tease you about it but will fight with anyone who dares to say anything about it.

Nearchus is mischievous and playful, always wanting to play jokes and tease you and when he hears your reaction, he becomes ecstatic. If there's one thing he finds adorable, it's you and your shyness only complements that.

Philotas is more introverted and pompous, and he expects to be adored by you. He demands it. Due to his arrogant nature, he may find your shyness both a nuisance and adorable. It all depends on his mood and if he is happy, he will tease you for a while about it. It's nothing evil, he just likes to see you embarrassed or angry.

Parmenion doesn't care, he is much more occupied with other things than his shyness, for what it's worth, he finds it pleasant but nothing that impresses him. He just doesn't really care.

#yandere reaction #reaction #history #yandere history #yandere historical characters #yandere alexander the great #yandere hephaestion #yandere perdiccas #yandere cleitus the black #yandere ptolemy i soter #yandere nearchus #yandere cassander #yandere philotas #yandere parmenion

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jeannereames · 3 months

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So you said you hoped they didn't use those nicknames, Alex, Heph, and Ptol. I thought Heph was a little weird, but I didn't mind the others. What nicknames would you have suggested instead? You said you suggested Greek ones. What were they?

Ah.... I'm glad somebody asked!

First, I've talked HERE about nicknames and endearments in ancient Greece. It's not the same as now. Not every culture makes nicknames by shortening. Yet even in my own novels I used nicknames to make unfamiliar names more accessible to readers.

So I get why nicknames might be valuable. But it's possible to use more likely ones!

What would be natural Greek nicknames? First, the names we know them by are Latinized, not their real names. In Dancing with the Lion I used the actual Greek, because it affected only a few and weren't that different. But here are the Latin, Greek, and known/likely nicknames.

Alexander = Alexandros (a-LEX-an-dros) = Aleko(s)

Ptolemy = Ptolemaios (tol-eh-MAI-os) = Ptolas

Hephaestion = Hephaistion (he-pais-TEE-on) = Phaistas/Phaiton

"Alex" and "Tol" aren't that far off. But "Heph"? Really? HUGH HEFNER is who immediately comes to mind: give him a pipe and a smoking robe. Maybe they thought "young people won't know..." but chatting with a 23-year-old student, that was the first thing she said. "It sounds like Hugh Hefner."

Virtually all I've heard from people is ridicule for the nicknames. This is one thing I completely disavow all responsibility for. I told them.

#asks #alexander: the making of a god #Alexander the Great #Hephaistion #Hephaestion #Ptolemy #ancient Greece #nicknames in ancient Greece #Classics #ancient Macedonia #tagamemnon #Alexander on tv

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wwxchengj · 2 months

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ptolemy enters alexander's room* bang * you two ARE having sex

alexander: hephaestion do you think that achilles and patroclus they-

#macedonia #alexander of macedon #alexander the great #alexander x hephaestion #ptolemy #greek myth #greek mythology #troy #mlm #queer #patroclus #the iliad #achilles #patrochilles #achilles and patroclus #achilles x patroclus #patroclus x achilles #history #queer history

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ani4detal · 3 months

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Alexander the Great. And Heph. Happy Valentine's Day guys! Oh, you too Ptol...

From the Netflix series. Very well done!

#alexander the great #hephaestion #ptolemy

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ancientorigins · 10 days

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The Hellenistic Age was a period of massive change for the ancient world. Sparked during the reign of Alexander the Great, it lasted until the rise of the Roman Empire in 31 BC.

#Hellenistic #Alexander the Great #Diadochi #Ptolemy

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just-late-roman-republic-things · 8 months

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So I've been reading about Antony and Cleopatra...

#roman aristocrats had a limited gene pool #but the ptolemies had a gene puddle #the habsburgs are waving in the distance from 1500 years later #ancient rome #ptolemaic egypt #family trees #jlrrt speaks #just roman memes #the great Roman clusterfuck #history nerd problems

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xoxoannimuxoxo · 2 months

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If we wanna start the Oliver Stone vs Netflix comparisons train one thing I liked about the movie more is the casting but mainly for aesthetic reasons.

I liked how they all looked different from each other and they were probably casted with their appearance fitting the personalities.

I loved how Cassander looked like a scrawny puke which fit his weasel personality. Hephaestion being a love interest means he has to be the pretty guy.

And I think every new media should be legally obligated to give Ptolemy his white guy afro.

#alexander the great #alexander 2004 #alexander the making of a god #seriously I just kept seeing Ptolemy as the Hyde of the army it was hilarious

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thestormthatrises · 2 months

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#ides of march #history #pompey the great #gaius julius caesar #julius caesar #Ptolemy xiii #what's in the box

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lilyseverina · 5 months

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Me looking into the family tree of the Syrian branch of the Severan Dynasty:

#ancient rome #roman empire #mark antony #most of the severans in the syrian branch are possible descendants of cleopatra vii and mark antony #septimius severus is the exception #this would mean the Syrian branch of the Severan dynasty are possible deacendants of the 2 generals that rode with alexander the great #that being ptolemy i soter and seleucus i nicator #also possibly descended from apama

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soldier-poet-king · 1 year

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Some people are. So fuckin stupid.

Yes I feel mean, but also today the fact that I'm Actually Correct is stronger than my softheartedness and the anti-intellectualism is Getting To Me

#yes this is abt the cleopatra movie (show?) controversy #yes people are incredibly historically illiterate about MY FAVE period (hellenistic period my beloved)#but i am just like. fuckin staying in my lane.#im too goddam tired for this #and my BACK IS KILLING ME #yknow that post that's like is ur girl thicc or does she just have lumbar lordosis #so apparently my misaligned pelvis an hip. the anterior pelvic tilt. is giving me increasing lumbar lordosis #Make it STOP #anyway dont ask me about the ptolemies. i dont actuaklt care #i think the arguments are just fuckin stupid when 1) there is a clear answer and 2) even given a clear answer who gives a fuck abt the cast #colour blind or colour inclusive casting is fine. but also dont act like it's somehow THEE historical woke fact or whatwver #same type of dumbass whos like. oh noooooo archaeologist broke the noses off of statues to whitewash them #are u. are fuckin stupid. not a single classicist of any worth believes that #like who gives a fuck that they casy a Black actress!!! good for her!!! i hope she does a great job!!! IT LITERALLY DOESNT MATTER #like historically as a fact it matters contextually for the hellenistic empires but for the purpose of this production. literally. does not

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delbob-2 · 3 months

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Homoerotic throuple Alexander (the great), Ptolemy, and Hephaestion

From Netflix “Alexander; The Making of a God”

#Alexander the Great #Netflix #Hephaestion #Ptolemy

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jeannereames · 1 month

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hello!!! Dr. Reamen, I wanted to ask, did the Ptolemies know that Alexander was not related to them or did they really believe their own propaganda about being descendants of ATG?

Just a quick clarification: the claim was that Ptolemy I Soter was the bastard son of Philip, so they weren't descendants directly of Alexander, but of Alexander's father, making them Argeads. The person who made the claim was almost certainly Ptolemy's creepy son Ptolemy Keraunos,* who nobody liked much. He kept flitting between Diadochi courts when he'd outworn his welcome, assassinated someone, or conspired to assassinate someone. Ptolemy himself replaced him as heir with his younger brother, which started his perambulations, looking for support.

This claim also seems to have been made after Ptolemy I's death (contra Tarn). Ptolemy Keraunos made it because he was (briefly) king of Macedon. This was after Kassandros died (another liked-by-nobody figure who's father also passed him over), and his sons killed each other until Demetrios Poliorketes killed the last one. After Demetrios died, things in Macedon went wiggy (or maybe wiggy-er), which is when Ptolemy Keraunos took over before being killed in battle with invading Gauls. Antigonos Gonatos finally stabilized Macedon and instituted the Antigonid dynasty, which lasted.

Yet if Ptolemy Keraunos was making a bid to be king of Macedon, you can see why being the grandson of ol' Phil would be quite useful. Yes, it gives the Ptolemies a connection to Alexander, but it's really the connection to PHILIP, who was much more popular back home in Macedon, that Ptolemy Keraunos wanted.

Did later Ptolemies believe it? Possibly. Certainly the further they got from its origin, the more likely they probably were to accept it without squinting too hard...or recognizing the timing problems. (Philip would have had to be really young when he fathered Ptolemy.**)

There was a long-standing tradition in Greece of divine descent for kings. The Argeads themselves claimed it to Zeus via Herakles. Having a connection to the divine Alexander would have been right in line with that.

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See N. L. Collins "The Various Fathers of Ptolemy I," Mnemosyne 50.4 (1997) 436-76.

I had a lot of fun with making Ptolemy Philip's son in Dancing with the Lion, and did make sure he was young, but in my author's note at the end, I also state that it's almost certainly false.

#asks #Ptolemies #Ptolemy #Ptolemy Keraunos #Ptolemy Ceraunus #Alexander the Great #ancient Macedonia #diadochi #Demetrios Poliorketes #Demetrius Poliorcetes

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copper-dust · 1 year

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We’re not even ready for the Argead dynasty murder memes.

#perdikkas #seleucus #seleukos #meleager #ptolemy i soter #ptolemy keraunos #successor wars #wars of the diadochi #alexander the great #ancient greece #hellenistic period #ptolemaios #perdiccas #ancient history

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archaeolorhi · 1 year

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Assassin's Creed Origins: Alexandria

I've been replaying Origins and I forgot what a beautiful (and fairly accurate) game it is! I wish all the older games included a photo-mode! (these are all my in game pics... yes I'm obsessed) x

The Great Library of Alexandria, with the Lighthouse in the background - neither of which survive today :(

The Lighthouse of Alexandria viwed from a central street, with statues of Demeter/Ceres on each side.

Statue of Ptolemy at a crossroad. In game, the player can find these dotted across the map and must destroy each of them - Bayek of Siwa was not a fan of Ptolemy (for good reason) x

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ancientorigins · 1 year

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The elite bodyguard of Alexander the Great is said to have killed a lion with his bare hands and this is how he gained Alexander’s attention. This man was Lysimachus and he eventually had a small empire of his own.

#Lysimachus #Macedonian #Macedon #Macedonia #Alexander the Great #general #Greek #elite bodyguard #The Battle of Hydaspes #thrace #Wars of the Diadochi #Ptolemy I #Cassander #Seleucus #Antigonus #Diadochi #ancient #history #ancient origins

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