In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

[PhiliptheUniterchaeronea]

I heard this is excellent and reveals Macedonia for what it truly is, Greek. I hope we all get the chance to see the TV series. Unfortunately, I missed it the first time around.

This is a brilliant idea. Absolutely brilliant in my opinion.

http://www.mpt.org/programsinterests...der/index.html

[PhiliptheUniterchaeronea]

Here is one excerpt from Michael Wood (it's the prelude):

Prelude

The story of Alexander the Great is the tale of one of the most extraordinary people in history. He ascended the throne at twenty, conquered much of the known world before he was thirty, and was dead by the age of thirty-two.

The story begins long before Alexander's lifetime - begins with the events of ten dramatic, never to be forgotten years in the fifth century B.C. - events which still loom large in the Greek myth of themselves and their historical destiny.

At that point the Persians (today's Iranians) had created a great empire, stretching from Central Asia to Ethiopia, and from the Indus to the Aegean. The mainland Greeks, meanwhile, were just a group of tiny warring states occupying most of today's Greece, and only brought together by the threat that the Persians would attempt to conquer them and extend their empire into Europe.

The Persian King, Darius the Great, made the initial trial of strength. Ten years later came the great invasion, led by Darius's son Xerxes.

Confronted with the Persian invasion, the Spartans and Athenians buried their differences and joined forces.With the Greek fleet apparently trapped behind Salamis the Persian fleet closed in for the kill.

Although the Persians were able to extricate a part of their fleet, they were finished; the superior naval power of the Greeks forced them to withdraw. So ended the Great Persian War.

The Greeks, though, never forgot. The memory of the Great Persian War would remain etched in the Greek psyche. What also lingered in Greek minds was the idea that one day they would take revenge; that one day the Greeks would mount a crusade against Persia.

http://www.mpt.org/programsinterests...nder/overview/

[Makedonia25]

Sounds very interesting... Lets hope it airs in Australia!

[PhiliptheUniterchaeronea]

If it doesn't, try buying it from PBS.org or amazon. Hopefully, one of them, or another dealer has it. It is suppose to be excellent. The Slavs were apparently unhappy with it. This is all heresay though, I haven't seen it myself yet.