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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... seen in a unique series of Persian coins , on whose backs are stamped what appear to be maps of the country- side round Ephesus , scene of Memnon's campaign ; when he paid his hired troops it seems that he gave them handy reminders of ...
... seen in a unique series of Persian coins , on whose backs are stamped what appear to be maps of the country- side round Ephesus , scene of Memnon's campaign ; when he paid his hired troops it seems that he gave them handy reminders of ...
Sivu 275
... seen as the earliest sign of new times . Continuing to lure supporters from the wilds , Alexander offered terms of new employment to the 1,500 Greek mercenaries who had stayed devotedly beside Darius . First , they argued ; then they ...
... seen as the earliest sign of new times . Continuing to lure supporters from the wilds , Alexander offered terms of new employment to the 1,500 Greek mercenaries who had stayed devotedly beside Darius . First , they argued ; then they ...
Sivu 442
... seen his father's example , and he had studied with a tutor who saw nothing blasphemous in sacrifices , precincts or hymns to a living man : they were high honours , nothing more , as the ancient world did not draw distinctions between ...
... seen his father's example , and he had studied with a tutor who saw nothing blasphemous in sacrifices , precincts or hymns to a living man : they were high honours , nothing more , as the ancient world did not draw distinctions between ...
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