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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... seem to have verged on the irrational . But the Attalid faction , the authors of his exile , were high in favour ... seems incredible that he would ever have been adopted as king by the Macedonian Assembly in preference to Alexander ...
... seem to have verged on the irrational . But the Attalid faction , the authors of his exile , were high in favour ... seems incredible that he would ever have been adopted as king by the Macedonian Assembly in preference to Alexander ...
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... seems to have been lifelong ; so the source of the foregoing narrative is not far to seek . Twice in the past Alexander had refused , with disdainful anger , proffered gifts of Greek slave - boy beauties ; it seems clear that this ...
... seems to have been lifelong ; so the source of the foregoing narrative is not far to seek . Twice in the past Alexander had refused , with disdainful anger , proffered gifts of Greek slave - boy beauties ; it seems clear that this ...
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... seems to have been adept in stimulating among his men keen rivalry without ill feeling ; the contests with which he now enlivened the work , turning exercises into races with trophies to be won , were very popular . He was busy too with ...
... seems to have been adept in stimulating among his men keen rivalry without ill feeling ; the contests with which he now enlivened the work , turning exercises into races with trophies to be won , were very popular . He was busy too with ...
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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