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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... Darius ; unaware that Darius , by a different inland route , was marching north . Hidden from each other the armies passed . Darius arrived at Issus in Alexander's rear . The only Macedonians he found were the patients in the hospital ...
... Darius ; unaware that Darius , by a different inland route , was marching north . Hidden from each other the armies passed . Darius arrived at Issus in Alexander's rear . The only Macedonians he found were the patients in the hospital ...
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... Darius of her death and assure him that she had had the customary Persian funeral honours . The scene moves to Darius ' tent , where Darius cries out that such honours must be the tribute to a mistress . The eunuch reassures him , and ...
... Darius of her death and assure him that she had had the customary Persian funeral honours . The scene moves to Darius ' tent , where Darius cries out that such honours must be the tribute to a mistress . The eunuch reassures him , and ...
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... Darius . He began , however , edging out to his right , as if to escape the Persian overlap . Darius ordered a correspond- ing movement to keep his overlap extended ; he still committed no troops to action , trying to divine what ...
... Darius . He began , however , edging out to his right , as if to escape the Persian overlap . Darius ordered a correspond- ing movement to keep his overlap extended ; he still committed no troops to action , trying to divine what ...
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Achilles Alex Alexander Alexander's ancient ander Antipater Aristobulus Aristotle army Arrian Arrian says Artabazus Asia asked Athenian Athens Attalus Babylon Bactria Bagoas battle began Bessus bride Callisthenes campaign Cassander cavalry chariot Cleitus command court Craterus Curtius Cyrus danger Darius dead death Demosthenes Diodorus divine donians doubt Ecbatana Egypt elephants enemy envoys eunuch exile father fight fled fleet force friends garrison gold Greece Greek Harpalus Hephaestion Hephaestion's honour horses Illyrians Indian infantry killed King knew known land later legend lived Mace Macedon Macedonian mercenaries murder Nabarzanes Nearchus never night numbers Ochus offered officers Olympias once palace Parmenion passed Pausanias Perdiccas perhaps Persepolis Persian Peucestas Philip Philotas Plutarch Plutarch says Porus pride probably Ptolemy river route Roxane royal satrap seems sent ships siege Sisygambis Sogdiana soldiers story survived Susa talents Thebans Thebes thought tion told took troops walls wound