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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... Achilles , a younger and more passionate hero , and hardly a symbol of kingly leadership . There were public overtones here too , for Achilles was a hero of Thessaly , and Philip's heir was ruler of the Thessalians , a people essential ...
... Achilles , a younger and more passionate hero , and hardly a symbol of kingly leadership . There were public overtones here too , for Achilles was a hero of Thessaly , and Philip's heir was ruler of the Thessalians , a people essential ...
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... Achilles , he was nothing but a Homeric buffoon ; they had met in Macedonia when Alexander was a boy , and the joke was pointless unless Alexander's Homeric pretensions were known before he ever invaded Asia . There is every sign ...
... Achilles , he was nothing but a Homeric buffoon ; they had met in Macedonia when Alexander was a boy , and the joke was pointless unless Alexander's Homeric pretensions were known before he ever invaded Asia . There is every sign ...
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... Achilles with which , as Homer says , he would sing of the prowess and glories of brave men . ' Homer's Alexander , keener on women than war , was not to the taste of his Macedonian namesake ; Achilles was the hero with whom this ...
... Achilles with which , as Homer says , he would sing of the prowess and glories of brave men . ' Homer's Alexander , keener on women than war , was not to the taste of his Macedonian namesake ; Achilles was the hero with whom this ...
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