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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Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 86
Sivu 83
... river to round off his first foreign campaign . His ships met him as requested , but they were too few and feeble to storm the Triballian island , so Alexander abandoned the sea power which , like Napoleon , he never mastered , and ...
... river to round off his first foreign campaign . His ships met him as requested , but they were too few and feeble to storm the Triballian island , so Alexander abandoned the sea power which , like Napoleon , he never mastered , and ...
Sivu 228
... river Tigris , halting whenever more supplies were needed . In Armenia , mean- while , his Greek prospector had heard of the natives ' rich mines of gold . From the Euphrates to the Tigris , the distance was just under three hundred ...
... river Tigris , halting whenever more supplies were needed . In Armenia , mean- while , his Greek prospector had heard of the natives ' rich mines of gold . From the Euphrates to the Tigris , the distance was just under three hundred ...
Sivu 379
... river Ravi and they could use it to harass his approaching baggage ; they had summoned troops against him and they could not expect a son of Zeus to turn away . He knew that he had to go on and this time , one of his famous harangues ...
... river Ravi and they could use it to harass his approaching baggage ; they had summoned troops against him and they could not expect a son of Zeus to turn away . He knew that he had to go on and this time , one of his famous harangues ...
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Achilles Aegean Alex Alex.'s Alexander Alexander's death Alexandria allies already Ammon ander Antipater Aristob Aristotle army Asia Athenian Athens Babylon battle Berve s.v. Bessus Callisthenes camp cavalry centre chariot Cleit command Companion Cavalry court Craterus Darius Darius's desert Dionysus east Egypt Egyptian elephants empire enemy exiles father favour fleet Foot Companions friends gods Greece Greek Greek cities Hamadan Harpalus Hephaistion Heracles hero Hindu Kush historians Homeric honour horsemen horses hundred Indian Indus infantry Iran Iranian king's known land later Lyncestian Macedonian Makran mercenaries miles murder native Nearchus never nomads numbers officers Olympias once ordered oriental Oxus palace Parmenion past Perdiccas perhaps Persepolis Persian king Pharaoh Philip Philotas plans probably proskynesis Ptol Ptolemy river road route royal sarissas satrap sent Shield Bearers ships Siwah Sogdian story Susa temple tribes troops Tyre victory wrote Zeus