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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... turned the battle by concentrating at a point of weakness . But secondary positions were still in danger , and the main prize , Darius , would not be easily detected or overtaken . As history centres on Alexander , who is even said to ...
... turned the battle by concentrating at a point of weakness . But secondary positions were still in danger , and the main prize , Darius , would not be easily detected or overtaken . As history centres on Alexander , who is even said to ...
Sivu 244
... turned him south to Babylon and the promise of well - earned rewards for his troops . He left the battlefield quickly , a decision which flatterers ex- plained by the stench of the enemy dead , but the area was also renowned for ...
... turned him south to Babylon and the promise of well - earned rewards for his troops . He left the battlefield quickly , a decision which flatterers ex- plained by the stench of the enemy dead , but the area was also renowned for ...
Sivu 369
... turned to a swamp . It was the weather which had finally broken their spirit . For the past three months , the rains had soused them through and through . Their buckles and belts were corroded and their rations were rotting as mildew ...
... turned to a swamp . It was the weather which had finally broken their spirit . For the past three months , the rains had soused them through and through . Their buckles and belts were corroded and their rations were rotting as mildew ...
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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