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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... royal chariot , the royal weapons and robe , of which Darius had disencumbered himself before hastening his flight on horseback . Alexander , returning with these trophies , found them the least of what the Great King had left behind ...
... royal chariot , the royal weapons and robe , of which Darius had disencumbered himself before hastening his flight on horseback . Alexander , returning with these trophies , found them the least of what the Great King had left behind ...
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... royal squires , whose charge the King's horses were , he and the rest of the string were carried off by local raiders . He was now twenty - five , and his likely fate all too obvi- ous . The old horse had probably saved the life of his ...
... royal squires , whose charge the King's horses were , he and the rest of the string were carried off by local raiders . He was now twenty - five , and his likely fate all too obvi- ous . The old horse had probably saved the life of his ...
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... Royal Journal , 256 , 261 Royal Kindred , 173 , 176 , 235 Royal Road , 5 , 139 , 142 , 233 , 247 Sacred Band , 20 , 34 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 83 , 85 Sacred League , 47 , 49 , 51 , 75 Sambus of Sind , 212 Samarkand , 171 , 178 Samos , 231 ...
... Royal Journal , 256 , 261 Royal Kindred , 173 , 176 , 235 Royal Road , 5 , 139 , 142 , 233 , 247 Sacred Band , 20 , 34 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 83 , 85 Sacred League , 47 , 49 , 51 , 75 Sambus of Sind , 212 Samarkand , 171 , 178 Samos , 231 ...
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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