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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... doubt that his mourning was sincere . Curtius has a story here , with important later implications . Alexander sent one of the Queen's attendant eunuchs , who is actually named , to inform Darius of her death and assure him that she had ...
... doubt that his mourning was sincere . Curtius has a story here , with important later implications . Alexander sent one of the Queen's attendant eunuchs , who is actually named , to inform Darius of her death and assure him that she had ...
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... doubt by some astute Greek trader or settler - many such had preceded the Macedonians - they begged him to spare their city because Dionysus had founded it ; hence their abundant ivy , unique in those parts . Their goodwill was their ...
... doubt by some astute Greek trader or settler - many such had preceded the Macedonians - they begged him to spare their city because Dionysus had founded it ; hence their abundant ivy , unique in those parts . Their goodwill was their ...
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... doubt he gave impressive audiences , seated , to envoys unaware that he was as weak as a child and coughing blood at every effort . The relative cool of winter helped his long convalescence . He never relaxed control of the campaign ...
... doubt he gave impressive audiences , seated , to envoys unaware that he was as weak as a child and coughing blood at every effort . The relative cool of winter helped his long convalescence . He never relaxed control of the campaign ...
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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