The Nature of AlexanderPantheon Books, 1975 - 240 pages A psychological study of Alexander the Great by the writer who fictionalized his biography in a series of novels. |
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... Divine Augustus , no one had a motive for praising Alexander . Caesarians cared to eulogize no rivals . Greeks , in Roman prejudice , were lightweights , Greeklings , slick Levantines ; panders , procurers and profiteers . To the ...
... Divine Augustus , no one had a motive for praising Alexander . Caesarians cared to eulogize no rivals . Greeks , in Roman prejudice , were lightweights , Greeklings , slick Levantines ; panders , procurers and profiteers . To the ...
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... divine guidance comes as pressure on their shoulders . ) This strange procession may have been visible from the courtyard . Its meaning , however , was revealed to Alexander only , within the shrine . If he had indeed intended , as ...
... divine guidance comes as pressure on their shoulders . ) This strange procession may have been visible from the courtyard . Its meaning , however , was revealed to Alexander only , within the shrine . If he had indeed intended , as ...
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... divine honours . - There are rooted misinterpretations of history with which the truth seems never to catch up . There will always be people who believe that Canute was serious when he ordered the tide to turn , though all his own ...
... divine honours . - There are rooted misinterpretations of history with which the truth seems never to catch up . There will always be people who believe that Canute was serious when he ordered the tide to turn , though all his own ...
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