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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... true parent should ever be killed by his true son . ' To the Persians , as seen by a Greek ob- server , Alexander's complicity would have been unthinkable on a point of human principle ; to Alexander it was excluded on stronger grounds ...
... true parent should ever be killed by his true son . ' To the Persians , as seen by a Greek ob- server , Alexander's complicity would have been unthinkable on a point of human principle ; to Alexander it was excluded on stronger grounds ...
Sivu 145
... true purpose of his mission , and Parmenion had hurried him southwards through enemy territory so that the king could hear the truth for himself . Alexander , supported by his Companions , sent back orders that the suspect Lyncestian ...
... true purpose of his mission , and Parmenion had hurried him southwards through enemy territory so that the king could hear the truth for himself . Alexander , supported by his Companions , sent back orders that the suspect Lyncestian ...
Sivu 213
... True , a queen of the Ptolemies was later hon- oured as ' child of Ammon ' , simply as a loose politeness to match her official link with the Pharaohs ' Amun through her husband ; the Roman emperor Vespasian was perhaps fêted as ' son ...
... True , a queen of the Ptolemies was later hon- oured as ' child of Ammon ' , simply as a loose politeness to match her official link with the Pharaohs ' Amun through her husband ; the Roman emperor Vespasian was perhaps fêted as ' son ...
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