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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... Indians in his camp talking of Meru and identified the word , as so often , with what he knew in Greek . As for the god himself , an Indian Dionysus was repeatedly mentioned by later Greek visitors to India and among the native pantheon ...
... Indians in his camp talking of Meru and identified the word , as so often , with what he knew in Greek . As for the god himself , an Indian Dionysus was repeatedly mentioned by later Greek visitors to India and among the native pantheon ...
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... India , because its king was so hated and despised , both for his character and his low birth . ' If an Indian imitator could do it , so too could his master ten years before : Dhana Nanda's kingdom could have been set against itself ...
... India , because its king was so hated and despised , both for his character and his low birth . ' If an Indian imitator could do it , so too could his master ten years before : Dhana Nanda's kingdom could have been set against itself ...
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... Indian skills of archery were his undoing ; his helpers were wounded , and an arrow , three feet long , struck him through his corslet into his chest . When an Indian ran forward to finish him off , Alexander had strength enough to stab ...
... Indian skills of archery were his undoing ; his helpers were wounded , and an arrow , three feet long , struck him through his corslet into his chest . When an Indian ran forward to finish him off , Alexander had strength enough to stab ...
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List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
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