{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66fd1b9a4f98175c750ef11e/66fd214b687515ec941f77e3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Welcome to Spearpoint","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66fd1b9a4f98175c750ef11e/1727864124367-545d7e56-57a5-4e71-b148-a10bd4f9871a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Malcolm Mann and Frances Joseph like nothing better than thinking and talking about Alexander the Great. Why? Check out this pre-episode to hear their brief personal introductions and find out who they are and where their interest in the legendary king and conqueror comes from.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p><em>on-line texts for the Alexander Historians:</em></p><p><a href=\"https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46976/46976-h/46976-h.htm?fbclid=IwY2xjawFiDdxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHbdo619917Yw5qu4hvyY54947aveT3kqnUmqyUgKjubkBP_gmHKGffAHdA_aem_bZHGl7CjTD6iYVYL7KSGOA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Arrian</a></p><p><a href=\"https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Curtius/home.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawFiDgVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfWVw2He2RauZvppi2UaGjUzPELIZClGS9rFOlfsAVzsJCafbaJf3weepQ_aem_q1SArLnEMSWu0_cwzZb0Jw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Curtius</a></p><p><a href=\"http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/diodorus_siculus/17a*.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawFiDhlleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQkXs-Ll_vqP-raKkS8dGqwk2NZiPOhl4EMgsfpMpIi1MPIanQ-tmvb78w_aem__lSAox4ssrv_8NfLgqbw8g\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Diodorus</a></p><p><a href=\"https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Alexander*/home.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawFiDjJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYRLNw7aY27ULynyr447nSqBnsHtUTlM7PYCAL5E-0bLqgd_0s741jp5mg_aem_oZnAaAvlzog4GWsV00eaWQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Plutarch</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.attalus.org/translate/justin11.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Justin</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>About Malcolm and Frances</strong></p><p><strong>Malcolm</strong>&nbsp;spends his days with his head in books and his heart in faraway lands, especially ones conquered by Alexander. When he looks at maps of Alexander’s empire, his go-to response remains “Crikey”.</p><p><strong>Frances</strong>&nbsp;is an academic who specialises in Hellenistic numismatics. She is currently writing a novel about Alexander’s first wife, Roxane, bringing life to the woman who existed in the shadow of a man who was larger than life.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Spearpoint Socials</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559422734353\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a></p><p><strong>Instagram</strong>: @spearpointATG</p><p><strong>Threads</strong>: @SpearpointATG</p><p><strong>X</strong>: @SpearpointATG</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Malcolm</strong></p><p><strong>Instagram</strong>: @thesecondachilles</p><p><strong>Facebook</strong>: @alexander.of.macedon</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Frances</strong></p><p><strong>Instagram</strong>: @futuristichistorian</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Email</strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:spearpointatg@gmail.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">spearpointatg@gmail.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Intro + Outro Music</strong></p><p>Epic by Hot_Dope (pixabay.com)</p>","author_name":"Malcolm Mann and Frances Joseph"}