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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... thought it would convey to others that her status was not in doubt , that it was a gesture he could afford . Or he may have done it in simple goodwill to his father , with whom he had served harmoniously through a long campaign , in an ...
... thought it would convey to others that her status was not in doubt , that it was a gesture he could afford . Or he may have done it in simple goodwill to his father , with whom he had served harmoniously through a long campaign , in an ...
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... thought of implementing them . Parricide was the most dreadful crime in Greek thought and religion , cursed by all the gods . That Alexander with his beliefs and temperament could not have borne this weight without going mad is obvious ...
... thought of implementing them . Parricide was the most dreadful crime in Greek thought and religion , cursed by all the gods . That Alexander with his beliefs and temperament could not have borne this weight without going mad is obvious ...
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... thought by modern historians much exaggerated . To the Macedonians , outnumbered even on conservative estimates at eight or ten to one , it must have looked like it at the time . Darius ' Greek mercenaries alone are still thought to ...
... thought by modern historians much exaggerated . To the Macedonians , outnumbered even on conservative estimates at eight or ten to one , it must have looked like it at the time . Darius ' Greek mercenaries alone are still thought to ...
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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