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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... Antipater . If so , his authorship of the Diaries falls into place . They were issued as if through the two Greek secretaries of Perdiccas and Antipater and would seem to belong within two years of Alexander's death . After that ...
... Antipater . If so , his authorship of the Diaries falls into place . They were issued as if through the two Greek secretaries of Perdiccas and Antipater and would seem to belong within two years of Alexander's death . After that ...
Page 543
... Antipater's future were guesses then , and still are . P. 49.14 lacks any date or precision ( no reason to date it to 324/3 rather than 330 or any other year ) ; Antipater may have bought off the Actolians with a treaty in 332/0 , in ...
... Antipater's future were guesses then , and still are . P. 49.14 lacks any date or precision ( no reason to date it to 324/3 rather than 330 or any other year ) ; Antipater may have bought off the Actolians with a treaty in 332/0 , in ...
Page 549
... Antipater's staff , the Diaries may indeed have been published as if by Antipater and Perdiccas , in the name of their respective secretaries . Who the authors really were is another matter ; I suspect retouching by Cassander's circle ...
... Antipater's staff , the Diaries may indeed have been published as if by Antipater and Perdiccas , in the name of their respective secretaries . Who the authors really were is another matter ; I suspect retouching by Cassander's circle ...
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List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
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