Alexander the GreatPenguin Books, 1973 - 568 sivua 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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Sivu 122
... less dashing in retrospect and so less worthy of a hero ; thus they invented an afternoon charge to replace it , and blamed the real battle on Parmenion's excessive caution . In the search for Alexander the various myths and memoirs of ...
... less dashing in retrospect and so less worthy of a hero ; thus they invented an afternoon charge to replace it , and blamed the real battle on Parmenion's excessive caution . In the search for Alexander the various myths and memoirs of ...
Sivu 247
... Less mistrustful , Alexander retained an armed guard and mounted the royal chariot ; the natives followed him through the main city gate , and so to the Persians ' palace where the ovation continued throughout the night . Alexander's ...
... Less mistrustful , Alexander retained an armed guard and mounted the royal chariot ; the natives followed him through the main city gate , and so to the Persians ' palace where the ovation continued throughout the night . Alexander's ...
Sivu 464
... less instantaneous , and here the timing of Alexander's death becomes important ; fortunately , its published date is the one well- attested fact in the whole affair . From a contemporary Babylonian calendar , Alexander is known to have ...
... less instantaneous , and here the timing of Alexander's death becomes important ; fortunately , its published date is the one well- attested fact in the whole affair . From a contemporary Babylonian calendar , Alexander is known to have ...
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