{"title":"Gli oracoli sulla spedizione asiatica di Alessandro","authors":"L. Prandi","doi":"10.5565/rev/karanos.99","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/karanos.99","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to show that Alexander displayed more confidence in oracles or signs geographically external to Macedonia and Greek peninsula and related to the Asian territory. He mainly worshipped Athena and Zeus, after the stops at Ilium and Siwah, and disdained Apollon, before and after the diabasis to Asia.","PeriodicalId":129714,"journal":{"name":"Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies","volume":"126 40","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120935398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Luisa Prandi","authors":"Antonio Ignacio Molina","doi":"10.5565/rev/karanos.98","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/karanos.98","url":null,"abstract":"Luisa Prandi (born in 1952) has showed a great interest in Classics and the Ancient World even from her earliest age. Her love for the Ancient Greek world arose during her studies at the University of Milan. As a student of distinguished scholars such as Marta Sordi (1925-2009), Luigi F. Pizzolato (1939-), Giuseppe Billanovich (1913-2000) and Orsolina Montevecchi (1911-2009), she learned from each of them a devotion for the study of the ancient sources that have made, with a great merit, that she becomes one of the best and most recognized scholars on the ancient world. She is, also, a main name in the research of the topic of the Historians of Alexander or Alexandrographers. These authors are fundamental for the knowledge of the Macedonian king: as she uses to argue, we cannot write a single word about Alexander overlooking them”. Writing about Alexander is a such a Herculean task, since there is no other figure of whom there are more historians with extreme contradictions among their accounts. It is almost impossible to say something new about Alexander, but to say about his historians, about whom so few fragments are available, is even more difficult. \u0000Prof. Luisa Prandi’s brilliant versatility is quite a strange attribute among academics: she has showed many times her abilities to work directly with all kinds of sources (especially papyri), but always with a sober, serious, and noncontroversial approach. Readers will find in her a person of carefully taste concerning what to say and how to stress her opinions and views. That seriousness is reflected and witnessed when she writes, since she belongs to that wonderful school of researchers who are aware that theories will pass but the facts (sources) are the ones that remain. From that humility and that certainty, Luisa Prandi presents herself to our readers of Karanos.","PeriodicalId":129714,"journal":{"name":"Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132250266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Braccesi, Alessandro al bivio. I Macedoni tra Europa, Asia e Cartagine (2020)","authors":"Elena Ragazzoni","doi":"10.5565/rev/karanos.100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/karanos.100","url":null,"abstract":"Review of L. Braccesi, Alessandro al bivio. I Macedoni tra Europa, Asia e Cartagine, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 2020, 232 pp. [ISBN 978-88-6973-534-9].","PeriodicalId":129714,"journal":{"name":"Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127142498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Manning, Armed Force in the Teispid-Achaemenid Empire. Past Approaches, Future Prospects, Stuttgart, Steiner Verlag, 2021, 437 pp. [ISBN 9783515127752].","authors":"M. Ferrario","doi":"10.5565/rev/karanos.67","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/karanos.67","url":null,"abstract":"Review of Manning, Armed Force in the Teispid-Achaemenid Empire. Past Approaches, Future Prospects, Stuttgart, Steiner Verlag, 2021, 437 pp. [ISBN 9783515127752].","PeriodicalId":129714,"journal":{"name":"Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134155960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reseña de Anson, Philip II. The Father of Alexander the Great. Themes and Issues, London, Bloomsbury, 2020, 256 pp. [ISBN 9781350103948].","authors":"Mario Agudo","doi":"10.5565/rev/karanos.79","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/karanos.79","url":null,"abstract":"Reseña de E. M. Anson, Philip II. The Father of Alexander the Great. Themes and Issues, London, Bloomsbury, 2020, 256 pp. [ISBN 9781350103948].","PeriodicalId":129714,"journal":{"name":"Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125382862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reseña de LaPeña Marchena, Antela-Bernárdez, Alejandro Magno en la pantalla, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Servei de Publicacions de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2020, 89 pp. [ISBN 9788449093388].","authors":"Alejandro Valverde García","doi":"10.5565/rev/karanos.81","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/karanos.81","url":null,"abstract":"Reseña de LaPeña Marchena, Antela-Bernárdez, Alejandro Magno en la pantalla, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Servei de Publicacions de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2020, 89 pp. [ISBN 9788449093388].","PeriodicalId":129714,"journal":{"name":"Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128232236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Francisco Javier Gómez Espelosín","authors":"Antonio Ignacio Molina Marín, M. Agudo","doi":"10.5565/rev/karanos.78","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/karanos.78","url":null,"abstract":"Main Voices: Francisco Javier Gómez Espelosín","PeriodicalId":129714,"journal":{"name":"Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114201174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lysimachos, Thrace and Macedon","authors":"Waldemar Heckel","doi":"10.5565/rev/karanos.72","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/karanos.72","url":null,"abstract":"The history of the final years of Lysimachos and his relationship with his Ptolemaic wife, Arsinoe, have failed to take into account the claims of Lysimachos' daughter (Eurydike) and his daughter-in-law (Lysandra) to Macedonia. Adding these women to the picture changes the dynamics of the political power struggle in the mid-to-late 280s.","PeriodicalId":129714,"journal":{"name":"Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115097994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Eugene N. Borza (1935-2021)","authors":"Borja Antela","doi":"10.5565/rev/karanos.83","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/karanos.83","url":null,"abstract":"In Memoriam","PeriodicalId":129714,"journal":{"name":"Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134503179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alejandro Magno en Persépolis","authors":"Christian San Jose","doi":"10.5565/rev/karanos.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/karanos.32","url":null,"abstract":"En el presente trabajo se pretende analizar las acciones que acometió Alejandro Magno en Persépolis para, en última instancia, lograr realizar una interpretación de los acontecimientos y del incendio. La consecución de estos objetivos se realizará a través de la estratificación y análisis de todos los datos disponibles para el estudio de Alejandro en Persépolis; los antecedentes, los datos arqueológicos, las fuentes literarias y las corrientes interpretativas que mayor calado han tenido entre los historiadores.","PeriodicalId":129714,"journal":{"name":"Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128946428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}