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	Alexander Mosaic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander defeated the Persian army, and his strength is clearly visible in the mosaic, which portrays Darius with a fearful facial expression.
		The mosaic is believed to be a copy of an otherwise lost fresco from the fourth century BC, by the painter Philoxenos of Eretria.
		It was rediscovered in the House of the Faun in Pompeii on October 24, 1831.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Mosaic (216 words)

	Alexander the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander's army crossed the Cilician Gates, met and defeated the main Persian army under the command of Darius III at the Battle of Issus in 333 BC.
		A mural in Pompeii, depicting the marriage of Alexander to Barsine (Stateira) in 324 BC.
		Alexander was often identified in Persian and Arabic-language sources as Dhul-Qarnayn, Arabic for the "Two-Horned One", possibly a reference to the appearance of a horn-headed figure that appears on coins minted during his rule and later imitated in ancient Middle Eastern coinage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_the_Great (9238 words)

	Antikythera Mechanism
		Traditionally the scene of the Alexander Mosaic is hold to represent the turning-point at Issus when Darius fled the battle; but Philoxenus, the artist from whose painting the mosaic was copied, may have incorporated elements from other battles.
		The composition of the mosaic is dominated by diagonals.
		The center is dominated by the intersecting diagonals of the Persian speared by Alexander and the Persian restraining the rearing horse.
	www.astro.rug.nl /~weygaert/alexandermosaic.html (1394 words)

	Mosaic Disease -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mosaics of the 4th century BC are found in the Macedonian palace-city of Aegina and they enriched the floors of Hellenistic villas, but mosaic floors are particularly associated with Roman dwellings, from Britain (''illustration, right'') to Dura-Europas.
		The greatest development of Christian mosaics unfolded in the Byzantine empire including its outpost the Exarchate of Ravenna and its territories in Sicily, and in its late rival Venice, where mosaic encrusts the exterior and interior of St Mark's.
		Apparently the mosaic is a copy of a fresco from the fourth century BC, by the painter Philoxenos of Eretria.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/100/mosaic-disease.html (415 words)

	Florentine mosaic by Alexander LIPIN>About mosaic
		Mosaic is a sort of pattern or picture made of colored stones, smalt or ceramic tile.
		Since age XII Florentine mosaic is making of one plate positioned sheets of variable colored marble and jasper trimmed carefully in a wide range of shades and forms.
		Mosaic was used to decorate not only flush walls and domes but also as an element of various architectural details and decorations with complex form and surface (vases, bowls, casket boxes).
	florentinemosaic.tripod.com /mosaic.htm (360 words)

	Iranica.com - GAUGAMELA
		Alexander, as usual, was stationed on the right with the Macedonian cavalry; the phalanx held the center and Parmenio, with the Greek (especially Thessalian) cavalry, commanded the left.
		In serious personal danger (though the report that Alexander came close to him, as shown in the Alexander Mosaic, is fictitious), he was persuaded to flee to save his kingdom.
		The "Alexander Mosaic" in the House of the Faun at Pompeii was on its discovery at once identified with the battle of "Arbela." Later, the majority of scholars came to identify it with Issus or thought it did not depict a particular battle at all.
	www.iranica.com /articles/v10f3/v10f3115.html (1093 words)

	Alexander III
		At the assassination of Philip II in the autumn of 336 BC, his son Alexander III acceded to the throne.
		Having entrusted the government to the aged general Antipater, in the spring of 334 BC Alexander set out on a pan-Hellenic campaign to punish the Persians and liberate the Greek cities of the Asia Minor littoral from the Persian yoke.
		Alexander III died at the age of 33 having changed the aspect of the world and the course of history.
	www.macedonian-heritage.gr /HellenicMacedonia/en/A1.4.html (264 words)

	Photo Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Alexander as he appears in a medallion carved on the facade of the Charterhouse in Pavia.
		This head of Alexander from Pergamum, in marble, was probably executed during the reign of Eumenes II (197-159), and based on an original made during Alexander's lifetime.
		This mosaic depicts a battle between Alexander the Great and the Persian king Darius, probably the Battle of the Issus River in November of 333 B.C. It is in opus vermiculatum, with over one and a half million tesserae, none larger than 4 mm., in four colors: white, yellow, red, and fl.
	www.hackneys.com /alex_web/pages/alxphoto.htm (1591 words)

	MANN: Mosaics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This mosaic, made of about a million of tiny tesserae assembled with the technique known as "opus vermiculatum", is the most monumental and possibly the most celebrated to have reached us from antiquity.
		By virtue of its style and technique, the mosaic is attributed to an atelier of Alexandrine mosaicists residing in Italy.
		The mosaic was found on October 24, 1831, and brought to the Naples Museum in 1843.
	www.archeona.arti.beniculturali.it /sanc_en/mann/it1/04_13.html (188 words)

	Skanda: The Alexander Romance in India
		Alexander was a prince, and Kumāra, which means a prince in Sanskrit, is a synonym of ‘Skanda.’ He was a warlord and leader of an army, and Senānī which means the leader of an army is again a name of Skanda.
		Alexander’s mother Olympias who was steeped in the religious mysteries of a semi-Greek land, in the dark cults and orgiastic practices, spells and incantations of primitive religion, made no secret of her conviction that he was the son of god.
		Alexander came into contact with the tradition that the Greek god Dionysus was the founder of the city and was the first to conquer India.
	murugan.org /research/gopalapillai.htm (9887 words)

	History of Iran: The Battle of Gaugamela
		Some of his forces were equipped with Macedonian-style sarissae (as we see them on the Alexander Mosaic) and long swords (Diodorus, 17.53.1).
		Alexander crossed the Euphrates at Thapsacus (near Jarâblos).
		Plutarch, Life of Alexander and Justin, Epitome of Trogus (also based on the "vulgate"), contribute nothing of importance.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/achaemenids/battle_of_gaugamela.php (1146 words)

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		The "dead" tree by Alexander is an artistic motif of identification, and one may recall Alexander's oak tree at Chaironeia mentioned by Plutarch in Alexander 9.2: ¶ti d¢ ka‹ kay' hmçw §de¤knuto palaiå parå tÚn KhfisÚn ÉAlejãndrou kaloum°nh drËw, prÚw ¥n tÒte kateskÆnvse, ka‹ tÚ poluãndrion oÈ pÒrrv tvn MakedÒnvn §st€n.
		As for Alexander being depicted in the mosaic bare-headed, cf.
		A discussion of George Grote’s Alexander and the Alexander of Kvnstant€now PaparrhgÒpoulow [Konstantinos Paparregopoulos].
	www.history.ccsu.edu /elias/BibliographiaAleksandros.htm (2783 words)

	BBC - History - Pompeii Art and Architecture Gallery
		This photograph shows a detail from one of the most celebrated ancient mosaics to have survived into the modern era.
		In its entirety the mosaic measures 5.82 x 3.13m (19ft x 10ft 3in), and is made of around a million tesserae (small mosaic tiles).
		The mosaic highlights the wealth and power of the occupier of the house, since such grand and elaborate mosaics are extremely rare, both in Pompeii and in the wider Roman world.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/ancient/romans/pompeii_art_gallery_07.shtml (180 words)

	Alexander the Great: pictures
		Alexander's inscription from Priene, mentioning that he built the temple of Athena Polias.
		This is one of the forts taken by Alexander
		And a third Alexander from the Louvre, found on the island of Delos.
	www.livius.org /aj-al/alexander/alexander_pic/alexander_pics.html (406 words)

	Cornell College - Ancient Greek Society, Politics, and Culture - Alexander Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Alexander and his horse, a portion of the Alexander Mosaic (click on image to view enlargement) (Beazeley Archive); a full image of the Alexander mosaic
		portraits of Alexander and the Alexander sarcophagus in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum
		Alexander the Great: pictures includes a wide range of portraits of Alexander and his family, coins, images of battle sites, sculpture by Lysippos, and more.
	www.cornellcollege.edu /classical_studies/greek/alexander-links.shtml (451 words)

	Mosaic Guide
		Mosaic is the art of decoration with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material.
		In medicine (genetics), a mosaic or mosaicism denotes the presence of two populations of cells with different genotypes in one patient, where usually one of the two is affected by a gene...
		Mosaic Mercantile tiles are cast from colored vitreous glass in the centuries old tradition of master Italian glass makers.
	mosaic-guide.com (1314 words)

	Oxyathres
		When he saw Alexander riding at Darius and feared that he would not be checked, he was seized by the desire to share his brother's fate.
		After the mutilation, Alexander handed Bessus over to Oxyathres, ordering that he should bring the assassin to the place where he had killed his master, crucify him and keep the vultures away from the dead body.
		During the weddings at Susa (early 324), she was married to Alexander's general Craterus.
	www.livius.org /on-oz/oxyathres/oxyathres.html (588 words)

	rogueclassicism: Alexander Mosaic Back in Pompeii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		One of the most famous mosaics found in the Pompeii excavations, the one depicting the 'Battle of Alexander', is back, though as a copy, in its place of origin, the 'Casa del Fauno' of the ancient Roman city.
		The original was a painting attributed to Philoxenos of Eretria for King Cassandrus at the end of the IV century BC.
		The mosaic was made in Pompeii following the 'opus vermiculatum' technique, and depicts a decisive moment in the Persian campaign which saw Alexander the Great against King Darius III.
	www.atrium-media.com /rogueclassicism/Posts/00001402.html (291 words)

	cooltech.iafrica.com \| coolscience Alexander returns to Pompeii
		Alexander's battle, considered one of the most famous Roman mosaics, was found in 1931 in the House of the Fawn in Pompeii and since 1834 has been in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.
		The mosaic shows a scene of combat in action, with helmeted soldiers on horseback and armed with spears, while others rode in horse-drawn chariots, in a scorched-earth battlefield.
		Some three million tiles and one year of labour went into creating the mosaic replica, a "perfect clone", which will be displayed in a house in the heart of Pompeii, according to archaeological officials.
	cooltech.iafrica.com /science/496445.htm (356 words)

	Alexander the Great on Currency
		This scene is part of the "Alexander Mosaic" that was uncovered in Pompeii, Italy, and resides in the National Archeological Museum in Naples, Italy.
		Obverse: Alexander on his horse Bukephalos striking a Persian soldier at the Battle of Issos.
		This scene is part of the "Alexander Sarcophagus," a stone coffin decorated with sculpture that was uncovered in Sidon, Phoenicia, is dated 325-300 BC, and resides in the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
	rg.ancients.info /alexander/currency.html (148 words)

	The Alexander Mosaic - Cambridge University Press
		Contributing to a vast tradition of scholarship, which dates back to the discovery of the Mosaic in 1831, Ada Cohen here engages with, but departs from, a core of positivist assumptions that characterize this body of literature.
		In this study, she examines the Mosaic as it may have functioned in two different contexts, first as a Greek painting of the fourth century BC, and then as a Roman mosaic of c.
		The mosaic in Roman context: the second level of existence; Epilogue.
	www.cambridge.org /catalogue/print.asp?isbn=0521563399&print=y (244 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Alexander Mosaic : Stories of Victory and Defeat: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Alexander Mosaic: Stories of Victory and Defeat focuses on one of the richest, most complex and visually stunning monuments of classical antiquity.
		Contributing to a vast tradition of scholarship, which dates back to the discovery of the Mosaic in 1831, Ada Cohen here engages with, but departs from, a core of positivist assumptions that characterize this literature.
		In this study, she examines the Mosaic as it may have functioned in two different contexts, first as a Greek painting of the...
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0521563399 (365 words)

	Alexander the Great on the Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Start with Web Biographies or Alexander in Brief for biographies long and short.
		Army and Battles covers Alexander the military commander.
		Alexander's Character explores Alexander the individual, including sub-sections on Alexander's sexuality, his religious feelings (chiefly, did he think himself a god?), and so forth.
	www.isidore-of-seville.com /Alexanderama.html (190 words)

	Roman Army Talk :: View topic - Alexander Mosaic from Pompeii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		And it shows me also, what an interesting object the Alexander mosaic is. Up to now, it had not been really discussed at this forum (when my search-results are correct) and it seems to be not only my pet-depiction of the ancients...
		But it is almost impossible to discuss about all aspects of the mosaic in the same time - the mosaic would deserve an own sub-forum with different topics, I am afraid.
		I was very delighted about the reconstructions with the completions of the mosaic where it has defects.
	www.romanarmy.com /rat/viewtopic.php?t=6397&highlight= (2164 words)

	Alexander, Piece by Piece
		In 2003, a team of artists from the International Center for the Study and Teaching of Mosaic (CISIM) in Ravenna, Italy, made an ambitious proposal to the archaeological superintendent of Pompeii: create an exact copy of the Alexander Mosaic and install it in its original home.
		The House of the Faun was once Pompeii's biggest and most impressive urban villa, filled with simple but elegant decorations designed to demonstrate the vast wealth of the house's owners.
		But today, although the sheer size of the house is still clear, the brightly colored paintings and mosaics, the gleaming marble and bronze statues, the fountains, and the hustle and bustle of a palatial villa are gone.
	www.archaeology.org /0601/abstracts/mosaic.html (266 words)

	Slides for lecture of November 13, 2001
		Map of eastern hemisphere, showing extent of Alexander's Empire at the time of his death in 323 BCE
		Alexander mosaic, mosaic depicting Alexander and Darius, the Persian king at the battle of the Issos, Roman copy of a painting, ca.
		Detail of Alexander Mosaic, showing Darius and dying Persian, Roman copy of a painting, ca.
	classics.ucdavis.edu /AHI1A/20011113.html (330 words)

	Greek Art & Archaeology
		10 - Alexander mosaic from a Roman house at Pompeii, a 2nd century adaptation of an original painting dated ca.
		11 - Alexander mosaic from a Roman house at Pompeii, a 2nd century adaptation of an original painting dated ca.
		12 - Alexander mosaic from a Roman house at Pompeii, a 2nd century adaptation of an original painting dated ca.
	www.usc.edu /dept/finearts/slide/pollini/Master.Lecture23.html (366 words)

	Hellenistic Art
		Roman mosaic from the first century BC based on a painting by Philoxenes c.
		One of Alexander's companions, Lysimachos, who set himself up as king of Thrace and northern Asia Minor, deposited a large amount of treasure in the natural stronghold of Pergamon and placed an officer, Philetairos, in command.
		His Western policy was carried on by his elder son Eumenes II and by his younger son Attalos II.
	employees.oneonta.edu /farberas/ARTH/ARTH209/Hellenistic.html (732 words)

	FAA 321g
		Mosaic of Dionysos Riding on Back of Leopard (c.
		the Alexander Mosaic is a 2nd century B.C. copy of an original lost painting created c.
		Lost painting of Alexander Holding a Thunderbolt, by Apelles, the court painter of Alexander--lost original thought to be reflected possibly in Pompeian wall painting in House of the Vettii, created c.
	www.usc.edu /dept/finearts/slide/pollini/chap23.html (596 words)

	Find in a Library: The Alexander mosaic : stories of victory and defeat
		The Alexander mosaic : stories of victory and defeat
		Mosaics, Roman -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city)
		Pavements, Mosaic -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city)
	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/c08ce49f35daef5da19afeb4da09e526.html (85 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The mosaic depicting the Battle of Alexander represents one of the greatest masterpieces of ancient art and is world-renowned for its depiction of Alexander's features.
		Archaeological investigations have failed to identify which particular battle it depicts and to whom the it should be attributed.
		New evidence presented in this book puts forward a bold hypothesis that the mosaic is based on a "tablet" by the most famous painter of antiquity, Apelles.
	www.tiles.org /pages/bookshlf/buckland/buckland_news_26feb01.html (190 words)

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