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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... wrote Callisthenes , on the verge of his greatest battle Alexander prayed to the gods to help him " if he were indeed sprung from Zeus ' ; Callisthenes wrote to please Alexander and he can only have stressed this divine sonship because ...
... wrote Callisthenes , on the verge of his greatest battle Alexander prayed to the gods to help him " if he were indeed sprung from Zeus ' ; Callisthenes wrote to please Alexander and he can only have stressed this divine sonship because ...
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... wrote of his concern for each of the four Greek kings who ruled from Babylon as far west as Epirus and the Adriatic . This open horizon gave travellers a new freedom . Asoka's Buddhist monks set out on missionary journeys from India ...
... wrote of his concern for each of the four Greek kings who ruled from Babylon as far west as Epirus and the Adriatic . This open horizon gave travellers a new freedom . Asoka's Buddhist monks set out on missionary journeys from India ...
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... wrote a history after Alexander's death , whose date of publication is unknown . He ruled Egypt after Alexander's ... wrote in a lofty rhetorical style and was considered untrustworthy , though skilful . He is not known to have followed ...
... wrote a history after Alexander's death , whose date of publication is unknown . He ruled Egypt after Alexander's ... wrote in a lofty rhetorical style and was considered untrustworthy , though skilful . He is not known to have followed ...
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List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
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