Alexander the GreatAllen Lane, 1975 - 568 pages Robin Lane Fox's accessible and erudite life of Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on the living actuality of the man and his experience. |
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... Dionysus , Greek god of wine and life - giving forces : Alexander had not paid due sacrifice to the god of the season , but had made an offering to Castor and Pollux , sons of Zeus , instead . Dionysus , then , had been offended and had ...
... Dionysus , Greek god of wine and life - giving forces : Alexander had not paid due sacrifice to the god of the season , but had made an offering to Castor and Pollux , sons of Zeus , instead . Dionysus , then , had been offended and had ...
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... Dionysus and Shiva , god of the Hindus . Research has discovered that the Kafirs speak a language whose roots derive from the earliest Indo - European dialects ; Kafirs , then , are descen- dants of the first invaders to sweep west from ...
... Dionysus and Shiva , god of the Hindus . Research has discovered that the Kafirs speak a language whose roots derive from the earliest Indo - European dialects ; Kafirs , then , are descen- dants of the first invaders to sweep west from ...
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... Dionysus , but though there were decided similarities between his triumphal pro- cession on leaving Makran and the epiphany , or manifestation of Dionysus and other gods , this is a theme which only arose after Alexander's death ...
... Dionysus , but though there were decided similarities between his triumphal pro- cession on leaving Makran and the epiphany , or manifestation of Dionysus and other gods , this is a theme which only arose after Alexander's death ...
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List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
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