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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... Callisthenes of flattery without defining it , and no direct quotation from his work survives . Probably he stressed Alexander's de- scent from the paladins of both sides in the Trojan War , and likened his deeds to theirs . If the ...
... Callisthenes of flattery without defining it , and no direct quotation from his work survives . Probably he stressed Alexander's de- scent from the paladins of both sides in the Trojan War , and likened his deeds to theirs . If the ...
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... Callisthenes intervened . In a longish speech , he urged the impiety of offering gods ' rights to men . Most of the Macedonians had been taken unprepared by the proposal ; at this support for their indecisive reluctance , they broke ...
... Callisthenes intervened . In a longish speech , he urged the impiety of offering gods ' rights to men . Most of the Macedonians had been taken unprepared by the proposal ; at this support for their indecisive reluctance , they broke ...
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... Callisthenes . A brief ceremony was planned around the loving cup . Each guest would stand and drink , then make the pros- kynesis before Alexander , rise , and come forward to receive a kiss . Thus , in return for a single prostration ...
... Callisthenes . A brief ceremony was planned around the loving cup . Each guest would stand and drink , then make the pros- kynesis before Alexander , rise , and come forward to receive a kiss . Thus , in return for a single prostration ...
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