Speculations and (anti)quote estimates of historians and archeologists around the findings of the Amphipolis tomb and the name of the deceased in the tomb, continue.
Yet, a new version by the Oxford University Emeritus History professor at the Department of Classical Studies Robin Lane Fox, wants the dead man of Amphipolis being the pectoral friend of Alexander the Great from childhood, Nearchus, or another senior member of his army.
A great part of the professors research work -books and articles are dedicated to Alexander the Great, so his statements acquire special interest.
Referring on Plutarch’s work “Life of Alexander” (one of five secondary sources about the Macedonian king with descriptions of facts not contained in any other source), Robin Lane Fox refers to the noble Demaratos the Corinthian, who was buried in a tomb which in size, resembles that of Amphipolis.
The professor said that” i suspect that the tomb belongs to a senior member of the army of Alexander the Great, who returned to Amphipolis either alive or dead”. The professor is not the only one to think that way, since many Greek archeologists seem to think the same as well.
Finally, it is worth highlighting that the Greek academic Mr. Michalis Tiverios had previously stated that ” The emblematic presence of the Lion of Amphipolis is pointing in the direction of an important general of that time, as the Lion is a symbol of martial virtue”, considering most likely to belong to Nearchos, who was the head of fleet of Alexander the Great.