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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... Hephaestion was at once surrounded with sycophancy and intrigue . His own host , a leading citizen , perhaps fear- ful of hostile factions , declined with the excuse that he was not of the royal blood . At this , Hephaestion asked if ...
... Hephaestion was at once surrounded with sycophancy and intrigue . His own host , a leading citizen , perhaps fear- ful of hostile factions , declined with the excuse that he was not of the royal blood . At this , Hephaestion asked if ...
Page 204
... Hephaestion's custody than in his . On the right bank , Craterus would lead a rather smaller force . Hephaestion was now his equal in rank ; rivalry had been felt , and there had been some kind of friction , which Alexander had smoothed ...
... Hephaestion's custody than in his . On the right bank , Craterus would lead a rather smaller force . Hephaestion was now his equal in rank ; rivalry had been felt , and there had been some kind of friction , which Alexander had smoothed ...
Page 238
... Hephaestion's quarrel with Eu- menes . Eumenes was a distinguished Greek , one of the Susa bridegrooms . He had been ... Hephaestion he may have blamed him for the idea . Later , when Susa was crowded out for the festival , Hephaestion ...
... Hephaestion's quarrel with Eu- menes . Eumenes was a distinguished Greek , one of the Susa bridegrooms . He had been ... Hephaestion he may have blamed him for the idea . Later , when Susa was crowded out for the festival , Hephaestion ...
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