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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... Philotas , and were led by the loyal Craterus to take the opportunity and turn the king against him . It was this en- couragement which proved decisive . That evening Philotas was due to dine in the royal tent . He arrived punctually ...
... Philotas , and were led by the loyal Craterus to take the opportunity and turn the king against him . It was this en- couragement which proved decisive . That evening Philotas was due to dine in the royal tent . He arrived punctually ...
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... Philotas , son of Par- menion , comes into question . Philotas , though powerful , had long been the subject of gossip and suspicion . He had served the king as a friend since boyhood , but the past suggests they had never been very ...
... Philotas , son of Par- menion , comes into question . Philotas , though powerful , had long been the subject of gossip and suspicion . He had served the king as a friend since boyhood , but the past suggests they had never been very ...
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... Philotas cannot have lent support to their other evidence . Had Philotas indeed been plotting , he would have welcomed the informer's approaches as a stroke of extraordinary luck ; he could have arranged for them to be silenced or at ...
... Philotas cannot have lent support to their other evidence . Had Philotas indeed been plotting , he would have welcomed the informer's approaches as a stroke of extraordinary luck ; he could have arranged for them to be silenced or at ...
Table des matières
List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
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