Transcript
Book 1, Chapter Two: A Call to Adventure, Pages 33 and 34
and here, my friends, is our king again
adorned with a halo of golden wreath
of oak and myrtle
atop his hair of honey sunlight;
and a treasured purple cloak of golden
flowers and snakes;
and a plain suit of leather armour
over a clean white dress.
And here too, is Bucephalus,
his favourite horse,
come to accompany his master.
And following them, the Servant and his mule,
hardworking and discrete, as ever.
They cross the wide boulevards of Babylon,
Alexander waving, to his subjects Greek and Persian
as they weep inconsolably at their king’s departure.
Chapter Two 033-034
We’re going on an adventure!! Alexander seems eager to get outta town, though it looks like nobody else wants him to leave…
Footnotes:
References/inspiration for the design of the gate:
- The Ishtar Gate at the Permagon Museum in Berlin. (which also lent itself to the blue frame behind the right page panels)
- The Adad Gate in Niveneh.
Reference for the umbrella/parasol: Bas relief of King at the Palace of Xerxes
The Macedonian soldier’s outfits: Painting of the Tomb of Argios Athanasios
The Persian soldier’s outfits: Archers at Permagon Museum.
Alexander’s travel outfit, which I had designed a long time ago in 2019 and barely changed since (only adding the embroidery of the cloak and removing the shield). Here are my original notes for the outfit.
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