The Nature of AlexanderKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 12 nov. 1979 - 288 pages The acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great by Mary Renault, the author of Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy, two best-selling novels about Alexander. |
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... Arrian's History starts at his accession , probably be- cause Ptolemy's did , which is a pity , for his knowledge of earlier years would have been invaluable . Ptolemy is of course his own chief authority for himself , but is re ...
... Arrian's History starts at his accession , probably be- cause Ptolemy's did , which is a pity , for his knowledge of earlier years would have been invaluable . Ptolemy is of course his own chief authority for himself , but is re ...
Page 217
... Arrian says , " with great difficulty , and as best he could . " This fixes the incident to its proper place in his story , for at no earlier time is such an observation likely to have been made . Arrian adds that he did it so that the ...
... Arrian says , " with great difficulty , and as best he could . " This fixes the incident to its proper place in his story , for at no earlier time is such an observation likely to have been made . Arrian adds that he did it so that the ...
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... Arrian says that he never at any time expressed the least ill will to Antipater ; who , however , was extremely perturbed when the royal courier reached him . While Craterus was crossing Asia at the easy pace his health and his veterans ...
... Arrian says that he never at any time expressed the least ill will to Antipater ; who , however , was extremely perturbed when the royal courier reached him . While Craterus was crossing Asia at the easy pace his health and his veterans ...
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