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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... Nearchus , like Europeans in the Arctic , never dreamt that whales could be speared and eaten for their blubber . By now , some four hundred miles along the coast , interpreters and pilots had been recruited from the natives , and Nearchus ...
... Nearchus , like Europeans in the Arctic , never dreamt that whales could be speared and eaten for their blubber . By now , some four hundred miles along the coast , interpreters and pilots had been recruited from the natives , and Nearchus ...
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... Nearchus , ' he announced , ' is coming on his way from the ships . ' Alexander wanted to believe him , but as the days went by and no Nearchus appeared , not even to the many search parties he had sent out , he began to despair , and ...
... Nearchus , ' he announced , ' is coming on his way from the ships . ' Alexander wanted to believe him , but as the days went by and no Nearchus appeared , not even to the many search parties he had sent out , he began to despair , and ...
Page 401
... Nearchus , so long - haired and unkempt , did nothing to relieve . Giving his admiral his right hand , he led him aside and wept most bitterly : " The fact that you , at least , ' he said , ' and these others have come back to me is ...
... Nearchus , so long - haired and unkempt , did nothing to relieve . Giving his admiral his right hand , he led him aside and wept most bitterly : " The fact that you , at least , ' he said , ' and these others have come back to me is ...
Table des matières
List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
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