The Macedonian Lion, Symbol of Victory

Interesting things have been mneioned here: http://www.ancientmacedonia.com/MacedonianLion.html and here about Philip II King of Macedonia: http://my.opera.com/macedoniansgenealogies/blog/show.dml/4307449 as you read the first one says "On August 2, 338 BC, the Macedonians defeated the Greeks at Chaeronea in central Greece and conquered their country. On the battlefiled they erected an impressive sculpture of a proud-standing lion." and the second one names it "Macedonian lion symbol of victory over the Greeks".

Edited by Cyrus Shahmiri - 30-Sep-2010 at 10:14

Thanks for links, that one about Ashoka is interesting, there are really good researches about Macedonian and Greek presence in India, anyway it is possible that Ashoka's Lion was also related to the Macedonian lion.

This map shows "Lion Extirpation":

Originally posted by Cyrus Shahmiri This map shows "Lion Extirpation":     Therefore it seems there also were some lions in Greece and Macedonia in the time of Alexander, of course lion is a symbol of power in many cultures, but you see them in different forms, like those Macedonian seated lions, or Babylonian walking lions and Persian lying down lions.

But, as you can see from your map above there seems to be a gap of about 800 or so years between the end of the Lion in Greece to the end of the Lion in the Caucasus! And then there appears to exist an even greater timeline before these same Lions are extinct in the other areas! Just why would there be such a time-line?

Edited by opuslola - 30-Sep-2010 at 18:03

 Excavation of the tomb brought
 to light 254 skeletons, laid out in seven rows.


PAUSANIAS, DESCRIPTION OF GREECE
 9.40.7

[7]

In the territory of Chaeroneia are two trophies, which the Romans under Sulla set up to commemorate their victory over the army of Mithridates under Taxilus. But Philip, son of Amyntas, set up no trophy, neither here nor for any other success, whether won over Greeks or non-Greeks, as the Macedonians were not accustomed to raise trophies.

I think it is one of those four lions,that protect Mother:

Edited by medenaywe - 14-Feb-2014 at 16:22

Thanks for the well written remarks akritas! But just what evidence remains that connects this monument to the time of Phillip of Macedonia?

You must well notice that the Wiki article uses these words; " In 1818, the so-called Lion of Chaeronea, a nearly 20-foot-tall (6.1 m) funerary monument erected in honor of the Sacred Band, was rediscovered by English travellers. The fragmentary monument was reassembled and installed in 1902 by an organisation called the Order of Chaeronea atop a pedestal at the site of its discovery.[4] The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch was born in Chaeronea, and several times refers to these and other facts about his native place in his writings."

I really place little regard for any information concerning the times of any romantic English elites at this site in or around 1818 CE. I consider this mostly a fraud!

But, if any group of men should have been honored and the remains found I would suggest that this would be the remains of this group that is mentioned in the Wiki article;

"Battle between Catalans and Franks in March 15, 1311. The Catalan Company defeated the Franks and took control of great part of south Greece. Turks participated with the side of Catalans. The battle is described by Ramon Muntaner, a Catalan soldier."

And, as such, I would also regard any so called ancient mention of the above site and action was written by "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch", who also lived in the 14th century CE! His ancient version is but a "ghost" of the more recent personage.

See Plutarch!   
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch
Please also read this!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Halmyros

Most everything is revealed above!

Ron

Edited by opuslola - 19-Mar-2014 at 22:47

Which are those 4 lions?!? 

Edited by medenaywe - 21-Mar-2014 at 10:56