Hello friends! Did anyone see the trailer for the Troy movie starring Brad Pitt during the Super Bowl? The few seconds that they showed of a battle scene...
You also have to think about the new "Alexander" film that's being shot now. It will be even more comparable to The 300 Spartans, since it's more in the same...
Pardon my intrusion, as a new member. It's a pity that Hollywood hasn't thought to put Pressfield's Gates of Fire on film.... Sorry-I'll introduce myself-Steve...
Welcome to the group, Stephen. I have always wandered somthing that you may have the answer to. How close is modern greek to ancient greek or latin? Any...
Ah but Stephen they have ( refer to our archives )........ Welcome to the Phalanx. Hey guys maybe we need a motto? "Phalanx: Linear Warfare - Nonlinear people"...
Robert Weymouth
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Feb 4, 2004 4:50 am
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Kirk, Cairete, Wplith! Great to hear from you! There is a rather great differnce between Ancient and Modern Greek-they use the same alphabet and...
Robert, Eucaristo,Wplith! How about "Phalanx: We Break Persians"? But I like all of your suggestions There's an old Special Forces Motto: "People join us, not...
Kirk Yes-Harrison Ford would make great Leonidas-someone else who could have pulled it off is Anthony Hopkins... the thought stirs my blood-I need to slay a...
Lets not discriminate..... :-) The Phalanx conquers all or something to that effect ... From: Stephen J. Chirigotis To: thephalanx@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
yeah I gotta go with that. From my modern perspective it seems that the Persians were a bit like the Germans - actually quite nice people who have some...
Robert Weymouth
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Feb 4, 2004 7:38 am
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I like the "we brake for Persians" one myself. Mebe' somethin' to reflect the mercenary styles of Hoplites in the lata' periods... 'er, lemme think... "The...
I am reading a short novel called "Soldier's Heart". In it the author goes into great detail about Post Dramatic Stress Disorder and how it affected the...
To whom it may concern You all are talking a bunch gibberish, the of the matter is that Troy fell, if being that was a real place and war. Now about the so...
In a message dated 2/4/2004 2:41:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... yes, like the Athenians and Romans and later the French and English and Russians... and...
... Um, maybe because he died before reaching age 35? He went east first, because that was seen as the greater source of wealth and status, and the East had...
Matthew Amt
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Feb 4, 2004 7:16 pm
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Stephen glad you joined us. I hope you enjoy our discussions and have as much fun as we do.! I'm looking forward to the Gates of Fire movie but I'm not ...
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Feb 4, 2004 8:01 pm
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In the case of 'Soldier's Heart' I think I can't do any better than Pressfield, who describes the aftermath of battle in which soldiers shake and weep and all...
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Feb 4, 2004 8:03 pm
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Hi Jack, Of course, this is mostly conjecture, but here goes ... It is extremely unlikely that the Spartans (or any other Greeks for that matter) would not...
Thank you Matthew for answer to my question about Alexander The Great. yes and no to you ques, to me! I do admire him for what had acomplished in short time...
... If you mean, "There is no glory in war", well, the ancients very strongly felt that there was! We don't have to agree today, of course, but we cannot say...
Matthew Amt
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Feb 4, 2004 8:39 pm
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Excuse me, I know they always thought there was glory in war in ancient times but cannot see it today, because I know first hand I still suffer from it, I...
Was wondering if any of you out there with a Hoplon, self made or bought, would like to weigh in on this. I could use some help, any thoughts would be ...
Sounds like a good plan Chris, Where does your unit meet? _________________________________________________________________ Check out the coupons and bargains...
Khaire, Warren! Sorry, I shouldn't have said that. Must be getting tired. Yeah, war has changed so much over the centuries. It was still brutal back then,...
Matthew Amt
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Feb 4, 2004 9:31 pm
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Being a veteran of war, it is still an abnormal thing to take a persons life. Being trainied for and conditioned to do it still does not lessen the effect....
... persons life. Being trainied for and conditioned to do it still does not lessen the effect. Today children are conditioned by movies and video games to...
U.S. Persians..? Interesting, but I don't see much conquest goin' on in the modern world lately, just liberation, sadly. People are such wussies in this age....
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