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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Page 94
... death with their children . He restored the democracy , but strictly forbade any more reprisals , " knowing that once they got leave , the people would kill some men unjustly , from mere hate , or to get hold of their wealth , along ...
... death with their children . He restored the democracy , but strictly forbade any more reprisals , " knowing that once they got leave , the people would kill some men unjustly , from mere hate , or to get hold of their wealth , along ...
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... death ; he had had one at the Oxus , and recovered from his cholera or whatever he had got . Yet at Multan , where he had been a hair's breadth from death , he had had no warning at all . And he had a present suspicion of ulterior ...
... death ; he had had one at the Oxus , and recovered from his cholera or whatever he had got . Yet at Multan , where he had been a hair's breadth from death , he had had no warning at all . And he had a present suspicion of ulterior ...
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... death , could not bring themselves after all to kill the mother of Alexander . Cassander handed her over to the numerous relatives of those she herself had killed . She met her fate , of which the details are mercifully lacking , with ...
... death , could not bring themselves after all to kill the mother of Alexander . Cassander handed her over to the numerous relatives of those she herself had killed . She met her fate , of which the details are mercifully lacking , with ...
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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