Alexander the GreatAllen Lane, 1973 - 568 pages Series follows well-known personalities back to the ancient times in which they lived. |
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... first , and he had marched into Alexander's quarters , accused him of meddling and exiled the friends who had helped his interference ; sensing trouble , the Carian ruler at once took fright and gave his daughter to a Persian aristocrat ...
... first , and he had marched into Alexander's quarters , accused him of meddling and exiled the friends who had helped his interference ; sensing trouble , the Carian ruler at once took fright and gave his daughter to a Persian aristocrat ...
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... first of the Greek heroes to set foot on Asian soil in the distant days of the Trojan war ; this prowess , as prophesied , had cost the hero his life , so Alexander paid him sacrifice in the hope that his own first landing would turn ...
... first of the Greek heroes to set foot on Asian soil in the distant days of the Trojan war ; this prowess , as prophesied , had cost the hero his life , so Alexander paid him sacrifice in the hope that his own first landing would turn ...
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... first shock proved decisive , though defenders soon learnt the value of planks of upturned nails against their tender feet : ditches were dug , and momentarily , the elephants halted , as they cannot jump . But when defences seemed to ...
... first shock proved decisive , though defenders soon learnt the value of planks of upturned nails against their tender feet : ditches were dug , and momentarily , the elephants halted , as they cannot jump . But when defences seemed to ...
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Achilles Aegean Alex Alex.'s Alexander Alexander's death Alexandria allies already Ammon Antipater Aristob Aristotle army Asia Athenian Athens Babylon Bactria battle Berve s.v. Bessus Callisthenes camp cavalry chariot Cleit coins command court Craterus Darius Darius's desert Dionysus east Egypt Egyptian elephants empire enemy exiles father favour fleet Foot Companions friends Gaugamela gods Greece Greek Greek cities Hamadan 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 mountains 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 Roman route royal sarissas satrap sent Shield Bearers ships Siwah Sogdian story Susa temple tribes troops Tyre victory wrote Zeus