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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... Philip had fallen in love with Eurydice , a girl from a noble Macedonian family , and had decided to marry her , perhaps because she was found to be bearing his child , perhaps , too , because her relations were powerful in the court ...
... Philip had fallen in love with Eurydice , a girl from a noble Macedonian family , and had decided to marry her , perhaps because she was found to be bearing his child , perhaps , too , because her relations were powerful in the court ...
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... Philip , Leader of the Greeks , announced a show of his own ; tomorrow , in Aigai's theatre , the games would begin with a solemn procession , and seats must be taken by sunrise . At dawn the images of the twelve Greek gods of Olympus ...
... Philip , Leader of the Greeks , announced a show of his own ; tomorrow , in Aigai's theatre , the games would begin with a solemn procession , and seats must be taken by sunrise . At dawn the images of the twelve Greek gods of Olympus ...
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... Philip's sudden murder seemed a mystery to his guests and in mysteries the Delphic oracle was believed once more to have told the only truth . The oracle , men later said , had given this response to Philip in the spring before his ...
... Philip's sudden murder seemed a mystery to his guests and in mysteries the Delphic oracle was believed once more to have told the only truth . The oracle , men later said , had given this response to Philip in the spring before his ...
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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