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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2538603, member: 51347&quot;]<b>ALEXANDER III ..............&nbsp; ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ - Γ</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The below description has been pretty much what I have read about Alexander over my lifetime...</p><p><br /></p><p>From:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.liquisearch.com/alexander_the_great/character/physical_appearance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.liquisearch.com/alexander_the_great/character/physical_appearance" rel="nofollow">http://www.liquisearch.com/alexander_the_great/character/physical_appearance</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Greek biographer Plutarch (ca. 45–120 AD) describes Alexander&#039;s appearance as:</p><p><br /></p><p>1 The outward appearance of Alexander is best represented by the <b>statues of him which Lysippus made, and it was by this artist alone that Alexander himself thought it fit that he should be modelled</b>. 2 For those peculiarities which many of his successors and friends afterwards tried to imitate, namely, the <b>poise of the neck, which was bent slightly to the left, and the melting glance of his eyes</b>, this artist has accurately observed. 3 Apelles, however, in painting him as wielder of the thunder-bolt, did not reproduce his complexion, but made it too dark and swarthy. Whereas he was of a <b>fair colour,</b> as they say, and his fairness passed into ruddiness on his breast particularly, and in his face. 4 Moreover, that a very pleasant odour exhaled from his skin and that there was a fragrance about his mouth and all his flesh, so that his garments were filled with it, this we have read in the <i>Memoirs of Aristoxenus</i>.</p><p>Greek historian Arrian (Lucius Flavius Arrianus &#039;Xenophon&#039; ca. 86 – 160) described Alexander as:</p><p><br /></p><p>he strong, handsome commander with <b>one eye dark as the night and one blue as the sky.</b></p><p>The semi-legendary <i>Alexander Romance</i> also suggests that Alexander suffered from heterochromia iridum: that one eye was dark and the other light.</p><p><br /></p><p>British historian Peter Green provided a description of Alexander&#039;s <a href="http://www.liquisearch.com/what_is_appearance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.liquisearch.com/what_is_appearance" rel="nofollow">appearance</a>, based on his review of statues and some ancient documents:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Physically, Alexander was not prepossessing.</b> Even by Macedonian standards he was <b>very short, though stocky and tough. His beard was scanty,</b> and he stood out against his hirsute Macedonian barons by going <b>clean-shaven</b>. His <b>neck was in some way twisted, so that he appeared to be gazing upward at an angle</b>. His <b>eyes (one blue, one brown) revealed a dewy, feminine quality</b>. He had a high complexion and a <b>harsh voice</b>.</p><p>Ancient authors recorded that Alexander was so pleased with portraits of himself created by Lysippos that he forbade other sculptors from crafting his image. Lysippos had often used the Contrapposto sculptural scheme to portray Alexander and other characters such as Apoxyomenos, Hermes and Eros. <a href="http://www.liquisearch.com/what_are_lysippos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.liquisearch.com/what_are_lysippos" rel="nofollow">Lysippos</a>&#039; sculpture, famous for its naturalism, as opposed to a stiffer, more static pose, is thought to be the most faithful depiction.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]543654[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]543655[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]543656[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I have his bust on my desk...</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]543657[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Since I recently posted some lifetimes, here as another TET that I have:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]543658[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>THRACE</p><p>AR Tetradrachm,</p><p>14.3g, 28.7mm, c. 294 - 281 B.C.;</p><p>Obv: diademed head of Alexander the Great wearing the horn of Ammon</p><p>Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) ΛYΣIMAXOY (Lysimachos), Athena enthroned left resting arm on shield, transverse spear resting against right side, Athena holds Nike crowning name with wreath, ΣΠE(?) monogram under her hand;</p><p>Ex: Roma Numismatics e-auction 5 (23 Feb 2014), lot 353;</p><p>Ref: Müller -, Thompson -, SNG Cop -, SNG Tübingen -, Armenak Hoard -</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments: Apparently unpublished; Ephesus(?)high-relief unusual style portrait, toned, tiny flan crack, light marks</p><p>extremely rare[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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