M. Porcius Cato Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Can't we see a bit more of his hair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Can't we see a bit more of his hair? That is not possible I'm afraid. I will tell you though that I did have to crop the photo, else the answer would be given away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 One of the gods? BTW, MPC, if he showed the hair, it would be a dead give-away to a certain party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 BTW, MPC, if he showed the hair, it would be a dead give-away to a certain party. There is no hair visible in the original uncropped photo. That having been said, there are several clues to this person's identity in the photo I've posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 BTW, MPC, if he showed the hair, it would be a dead give-away to a certain party. There is no hair visible in the original uncropped photo. That having been said, there are several clues to this person's identity in the photo I've posted. He's got that crazy Alexander hair. It's not Alexander is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 BTW, MPC, if he showed the hair, it would be a dead give-away to a certain party. There is no hair visible in the original uncropped photo. That having been said, there are several clues to this person's identity in the photo I've posted. Is he a youthful Hercules? (With fanged lion's cape over his head)? -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 No to all the above. This is an actual documented human being, as opposed to a mythological figure. (Neph was on to something though ...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 No to all the above. This is an actual documented human being, as opposed to a mythological figure. (Neph was on to something though ...) Ah, Commodus, then? He wore the occasional animal skin, too, didn't he? -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Ah, Commodus, then? He wore the occasional animal skin, too, didn't he? -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Augusta Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 This is driving me mad - because I actually saw this photo recently when I was searching for an answer to one of Big A's questions. But I can't for the life of me think who he was. I shall have to dredge into my ever-fading memory banks. (Since I turned the half-century, I can remember what I was doing when I was 3, but not what I did yesterday - be warned, all of you!) He's not Roman, is he? As MPC mentioned, he has a look of Alex, but that's probably just the Greek idealism in the portrait. I'll be back after dinner.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 This is driving me mad - because I actually saw this photo recently when I was searching for an answer to one of Big A's questions. But I can't for the life of me think who he was. I shall have to dredge into my ever-fading memory banks. (Since I turned the half-century, I can remember what I was doing when I was 3, but not what I did yesterday - be warned, all of you!) He's not Roman, is he? As MPC mentioned, he has a look of Alex, but that's probably just the Greek idealism in the portrait. I'll be back after dinner.... No comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted October 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Let me expand slightly: Although this plebeian made history in mathematics, geometry presented him with considerable challenges. BTW, Marcus Claudius Marcellus was a Patrician; tsk, tsk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 (edited) Let me expand slightly: Although this plebeian made history in mathematics, geometry presented him with considerable challenges. BTW, Marcus Claudius Marcellus was a Patrician; tsk, tsk... No. The Marcelli were plebeian. See HERE: they were the most illustrious of the plebeian branches of the Claudii. Edited October 23, 2007 by M. Porcius Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Nero? Caracalla? Elagabalus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Nero? Caracalla? Elagabalus? Gaius Octavius got it! Woo hoo! Oh, wait ... no, he didn't. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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