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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... Macedon after a ( wholly fictitious ) victory over that king . In spite of her beauty , Darius only kept her for a night because she had bad breath ; so Alexander was born in Macedon . Later on she improved her breath by chewing skandix ...
... Macedon after a ( wholly fictitious ) victory over that king . In spite of her beauty , Darius only kept her for a night because she had bad breath ; so Alexander was born in Macedon . Later on she improved her breath by chewing skandix ...
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... Macedon , where he had studied his hosts ' tactics before being recalled . Alexander , who never thought the worse of old Artabazus for taking the field against him in the service of a Persian king , felt no such tolerance towards ...
... Macedon , where he had studied his hosts ' tactics before being recalled . Alexander , who never thought the worse of old Artabazus for taking the field against him in the service of a Persian king , felt no such tolerance towards ...
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... Macedon , 7 Alexander 11 of Macedon , 7 Alexander II of Macedon , the Great , passim . Death and catafalque , 10 ; diverted to Egypt , II ; growth of legend , tradition and romance , 11-23 ; birth , 28 ; childhood influences and ...
... Macedon , 7 Alexander 11 of Macedon , 7 Alexander II of Macedon , the Great , passim . Death and catafalque , 10 ; diverted to Egypt , II ; growth of legend , tradition and romance , 11-23 ; birth , 28 ; childhood influences and ...
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