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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... Olympias could not dismiss it as another triviality among the many of the past . As mother of Alexander , Philip's only competent son , and as princess of neighbouring Epirus , she had deserved her recognition as queen of Macedonia for ...
... Olympias could not dismiss it as another triviality among the many of the past . As mother of Alexander , Philip's only competent son , and as princess of neighbouring Epirus , she had deserved her recognition as queen of Macedonia for ...
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... Olympias was a divorced woman who might well disown the husband who betrayed her . Her past behaviour and her character , itself a problem , make this only too plausible . Olympias was an orphan under her uncle's guardianship when ...
... Olympias was a divorced woman who might well disown the husband who betrayed her . Her past behaviour and her character , itself a problem , make this only too plausible . Olympias was an orphan under her uncle's guardianship when ...
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... Olympias kept her own pet snake , and snake - handling is a known practice in the wilder sorts of Greek religion ; when Olympias's childhood home at Dodona was excavated , archaeologists were much impressed by repeated signs of its ...
... Olympias kept her own pet snake , and snake - handling is a known practice in the wilder sorts of Greek religion ; when Olympias's childhood home at Dodona was excavated , archaeologists were much impressed by repeated signs of its ...
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