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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... exiles and personal incrimination had not been stopped by Philip's allied council , least of all in the face of the revolts by Thebes and Sparta , for it suited the Macedonians to see their enemies expelled . Three years of Spartan ...
... exiles and personal incrimination had not been stopped by Philip's allied council , least of all in the face of the revolts by Thebes and Sparta , for it suited the Macedonians to see their enemies expelled . Three years of Spartan ...
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... exiles ' banishment , for their cities had mostly caused it by their own decrees . At the same time he could take credit for their return , with the help of Antipater , to whom he had written with further instructions . Exiles had been ...
... exiles ' banishment , for their cities had mostly caused it by their own decrees . At the same time he could take credit for their return , with the help of Antipater , to whom he had written with further instructions . Exiles had been ...
Page 542
... exile ( A. 3.24.5 ) . One could elaborate , but mercenaries and exiles are not the same problem at all ; I imagine the Exiles Decree applied only to the Greek League ( DS 111 , hardly a ' grim and vivid description ' , does not gainsay ...
... exile ( A. 3.24.5 ) . One could elaborate , but mercenaries and exiles are not the same problem at all ; I imagine the Exiles Decree applied only to the Greek League ( DS 111 , hardly a ' grim and vivid description ' , does not gainsay ...
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List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
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