The Nature of AlexanderAllen Lane, 1975 - 240 pages Combines contemporaneous accounts, critically studied legends, reproductions of pertinent artworks, and photographs to provide a full-scale, nonideological biography of the Macedonian conqueror and empire builder. |
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... Bagoas , for which he had earned indulgence . No one complained aloud . Towards Persians it was good policy ; but policy was never the whole story with Alexander , who was complex , emotional , and much affected by human contacts . If ...
... Bagoas , for which he had earned indulgence . No one complained aloud . Towards Persians it was good policy ; but policy was never the whole story with Alexander , who was complex , emotional , and much affected by human contacts . If ...
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... Bagoas had been encouraged to reminisce about his former life . Roxane cannot have had a word of Greek ; the sources are silent about Alexander's Persian . Beyond a few endearments picked up from Bagoas , it was probably elementary ...
... Bagoas had been encouraged to reminisce about his former life . Roxane cannot have had a word of Greek ; the sources are silent about Alexander's Persian . Beyond a few endearments picked up from Bagoas , it was probably elementary ...
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... Bagoas , favourite of Darius , 134 ; of Alexander , 136-7 , 139-40 , 150-2 , 158 , 160 , 189 ; and the dancing prize , 194 ; and the trial of Orxines , 195-7 ; 219 , 224 Bagoas , Grand Vizier , murders King Ochus , 60 ; murders King ...
... Bagoas , favourite of Darius , 134 ; of Alexander , 136-7 , 139-40 , 150-2 , 158 , 160 , 189 ; and the dancing prize , 194 ; and the trial of Orxines , 195-7 ; 219 , 224 Bagoas , Grand Vizier , murders King Ochus , 60 ; murders King ...
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Alexander Alexander's already ancient army Arrian Asia asked Athenian Athens Babylon battle began better brought called campaign carried cause cavalry century command course court danger Darius dead death Demosthenes died doubt enemy evidence face fact father fighting followed force friends gave give given gold Greece Greek hand head held Hephaestion honour horses important Indian killed King knew known land later learned leave lived looked Macedon Macedonian mind murder nature never night offered officers Olympias once ordered Parmenion passed perhaps Persian Philip Philotas Photo plans Plutarch probably Ptolemy reached record remained rest returned river round royal satrap says seems seen sent ships showed side soldiers soon sources story taken thought told took troops turned walls whole wound young