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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... offered to resign and come ; but Philip wanted the culture of Athens , not her politics . Only four years before , when Alexander was already nine years old , Plato had died , posing one of the great Ifs of history . His dream of the ...
... offered to resign and come ; but Philip wanted the culture of Athens , not her politics . Only four years before , when Alexander was already nine years old , Plato had died , posing one of the great Ifs of history . His dream of the ...
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... offered not only the large sum of 10,000 talents for his family , but also peace terms : all Asia Minor west of the Euphrates , a treaty of alliance , and his daughter's hand in marriage . This was the occasion of the famous bit of ...
... offered not only the large sum of 10,000 talents for his family , but also peace terms : all Asia Minor west of the Euphrates , a treaty of alliance , and his daughter's hand in marriage . This was the occasion of the famous bit of ...
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... offering at the household altar ; but he proceeded as if he had a trifling indisposition which need not impede his ... offered him when his mind was wandering , no matter by whom , there is a strong suspicion of malice . For a man in ...
... offering at the household altar ; but he proceeded as if he had a trifling indisposition which need not impede his ... offered him when his mind was wandering , no matter by whom , there is a strong suspicion of malice . For a man in ...
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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