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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... Nearchus : ' My lord , ' he said , ' I am prepared to lead your expedition and may heaven help the enter- prise . ' Alexander demurred , ' unwilling to risk one of his own friends in such distress and danger ' . Nearchus begged and ...
... Nearchus : ' My lord , ' he said , ' I am prepared to lead your expedition and may heaven help the enter- prise . ' Alexander demurred , ' unwilling to risk one of his own friends in such distress and danger ' . Nearchus begged and ...
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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 ...
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... 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 ...
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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