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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... Egypt was waiting , her natives responsive to tact , her army , as always , no serious obstacle . As a civilization , Egypt was as old as the world and proud of it . Greek philosophy , so her priesthood claimed , had been discovered by ...
... Egypt was waiting , her natives responsive to tact , her army , as always , no serious obstacle . As a civilization , Egypt was as old as the world and proud of it . Greek philosophy , so her priesthood claimed , had been discovered by ...
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... Egypt , from an area whose other well - known noble family had already been reinstated by Alexander ; the other , Doloaspis , had an Iranian name and was probably meant to govern Upper or southern Egypt where he had no doubt held office ...
... Egypt , from an area whose other well - known noble family had already been reinstated by Alexander ; the other , Doloaspis , had an Iranian name and was probably meant to govern Upper or southern Egypt where he had no doubt held office ...
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... Egyptian ruler's title . But by then , Egypt was hel- lenized and more of an open book to outsiders ; I do not believe this interpretation was likely , let alone so significant , for Alex . and his staff in 331. At the very least , it ...
... Egyptian ruler's title . But by then , Egypt was hel- lenized and more of an open book to outsiders ; I do not believe this interpretation was likely , let alone so significant , for Alex . and his staff in 331. At the very least , it ...
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List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
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Achilles Aegean Alex Alex.'s Alexander Alexander's death Alexandria allies already Ammon ander Antipater Aristob Aristotle army Asia Athenian Athens Babylon battle Berve s.v. Bessus Callisthenes camp cavalry centre chariot Cleit command Companion Cavalry court Craterus Darius Darius's desert Dionysus east Egypt Egyptian elephants empire enemy exiles father favour fleet Foot Companions friends gods Greece Greek Greek cities Hamadan Harpalus Hephaistion Heracles hero Hindu Kush historians Homeric honour horsemen horses hundred Indian Indus infantry Iran Iranian king's known land later Lyncestian Macedonian Makran mercenaries miles murder native Nearchus never nomads numbers officers Olympias once ordered oriental Oxus palace Parmenion past Perdiccas perhaps Persepolis Persian king Pharaoh Philip Philotas plans probably proskynesis Ptol Ptolemy river road route royal sarissas satrap sent Shield Bearers ships Siwah Sogdian story Susa temple tribes troops Tyre victory wrote Zeus