Alexander the GreatPenguin Books, 1973 - 568 pages Robin Lane Fox's accessible and erudite life of Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on the living actuality of the man and his experience--'It is tempting', he concludes, 'to see in Alexander the romantic's complex nature for the first time in Greek history.' Beautifully written perceptive and fluent, it is a superb example of historical scholarship and psychological insight. |
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... Achilles , a younger and more passionate hero , and hardly a symbol of kingly leader- ship . There were public overtones here too , for Achilles was a hero of Thessaly , and Philip's heir was ruler of the Thessalians , a people ...
... Achilles , a younger and more passionate hero , and hardly a symbol of kingly leader- ship . There were public overtones here too , for Achilles was a hero of Thessaly , and Philip's heir was ruler of the Thessalians , a people ...
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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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List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
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