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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... Roman copyists , the demand being far greater than looted originals could supply . Even the originals had not all been done from life . Yet even with the least talented , something about the eyes shows who is meant . Perhaps the face ...
... Roman copyists , the demand being far greater than looted originals could supply . Even the originals had not all been done from life . Yet even with the least talented , something about the eyes shows who is meant . Perhaps the face ...
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... Roman copies of such Greek originals as had appealed to Romans , admired like them the soft , late style for its virtuosity , preferring the sentimental contortions of the Laocoon to the most majestic classical Apollo . In this spirit ...
... Roman copies of such Greek originals as had appealed to Romans , admired like them the soft , late style for its virtuosity , preferring the sentimental contortions of the Laocoon to the most majestic classical Apollo . In this spirit ...
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... Roman copy of an original by Lysippus . Musée du Louvre , Paris . Photo : Giraudon ( below right ) Terracotta head of Alexander , Greek , second to first century BC . Wellesley College Art Museum , Mass . Photo : Herbert P. Vose 68 ...
... Roman copy of an original by Lysippus . Musée du Louvre , Paris . Photo : Giraudon ( below right ) Terracotta head of Alexander , Greek , second to first century BC . Wellesley College Art Museum , Mass . Photo : Herbert P. Vose 68 ...
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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