Year: 2011
Type: Journal Article
Title: Notes on the Disarray in Thessaly
Author: Sarakinski, Vojislav
Abstract: This article focuses on several problems concerning the advancement of the Persian army through Thessaly in 480 BC.: the ill-advised departure from Tempe and the role played by Alexander of Macedon; the parallel tradition recorded in Damastes of Sygeum and Diodorus; the political fracas between the Aleuadai and the rest of Thessaly; and finally, the nature of the alleged message that Alexander gave the Thessalians. A careful analysis of the events, as well as of the way they are presented in our extant sources, testify that Alexander did indeed play a role in the events in Thessaly, and that the Tempe episode ought to retain its place in the traditional narrative; however, the content of his message to the Hellenes remains elusive, undoubtedly until the discovery of another source, different from those we have had up to now.
Publisher: Živa Antika
Relation: Živa Antika
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/779
Identifier: Sarakinski, V. (2011): "Notes on the Disarray in Thessaly", Živa Antika 61, pp. 69-82.
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/779
