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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8250102, member: 118780&quot;]I‘m not going to make this personal as I have a lot of respect for you and your posts, and I know we’re both better than that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I read Arrian about 2 months ago, and didn’t remember that passage. My copy has an index, so I looked up those passages dealing with Kassander as well as the most likely spots, and I still didn’t find it - hence my question on where it is. FWIW, I have the Landmark edition, which has some great commentary dealing specifically with the causes of Alexander’s death.</p><p><br /></p><p>I‘ve been pretty immersed in this time period lately, since I’m doing research for my own book (fiction). So far I’ve gone through Arrian, Diodorus, Quintus Curtius, and numerous others. I even have a book on Hellenistic hordes. One could argue that a reader would forgive some factual errors in a novel whose working title is <i>Love, Macedonians, and Dinosaurs</i>, but as you can probably guess - I’m a stickler for the details.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I believe Kassander was someone who understood the political calculus and knew what was necessary for self-preservation. He wasn’t a great guy, but he was no worse than the other players of the day, such as Pyrrhos and Antigonos, who took similar actions. Much of his history was also written by his enemies.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I stand by my assertions, I do agree that you were correct in stating that I should have kept them to myself rather than air them here. It was a particularly stressful day, and my response was worded too strongly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I therefore offer my apologies in soiling an otherwise great post. I hope you didn’t take too great of an offense, since my respect for you remains high and my response, which I should have withheld, was meant only for discussion and not argument.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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