British Museum
18 September 2007 21:44![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
argurotoxosAlmost the entire ancient Greece collection was closed off for the day.
Libations have been poured and the choicest part of the meat has been cut and made ready for the fire.
I spent half-an-hour browsing through the gift shop's collection of ancient Greece books. Specifically, the line of Alexander biographies, in which I looked 'Hephaistion' up in the index of every single book; it's a tradition, and it interests me how various authors and scholars treat him and his relationship to Alexander. One biography I found in Ohio made the interesting comment that even though Hephaistion was Alexander's closest friend, Alexander was very much a loner -- something which struck me as particularly odd considering Alexander was generally known for loving the signs of love and giving them in return. The most interesting comment I found today was an author who said that Hephaistion was 'delicate' . . . compared to Kleitus the Black.
I also found a book on Troy that didn't even mention Patroklos; that was sad.
In happier news, I almost finished my paper (it still has to be edited and printed) and I might have a confirmed place to stay at Swansea.
Libations have been poured and the choicest part of the meat has been cut and made ready for the fire.
I spent half-an-hour browsing through the gift shop's collection of ancient Greece books. Specifically, the line of Alexander biographies, in which I looked 'Hephaistion' up in the index of every single book; it's a tradition, and it interests me how various authors and scholars treat him and his relationship to Alexander. One biography I found in Ohio made the interesting comment that even though Hephaistion was Alexander's closest friend, Alexander was very much a loner -- something which struck me as particularly odd considering Alexander was generally known for loving the signs of love and giving them in return. The most interesting comment I found today was an author who said that Hephaistion was 'delicate' . . . compared to Kleitus the Black.
I also found a book on Troy that didn't even mention Patroklos; that was sad.
In happier news, I almost finished my paper (it still has to be edited and printed) and I might have a confirmed place to stay at Swansea.
