The Nature of AlexanderThe acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great by Mary Renault, the author of Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy, two best-selling novels about Alexander. |
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... Ptolemy , moreover , doing homage to Alexander , went to meet it with an army as far as Syria . " Ptolemy's homage was a reverent hijack . Kings of Macedon had been buried by ancient custom at Aegae , its ancient hill - fort capital ...
... Ptolemy , moreover , doing homage to Alexander , went to meet it with an army as far as Syria . " Ptolemy's homage was a reverent hijack . Kings of Macedon had been buried by ancient custom at Aegae , its ancient hill - fort capital ...
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... Ptolemy to found a dynasty , he had fair cause to think that Alexander would be grateful . Had his body reached Macedon , sooner or later it would have been destroyed by the implacable Cassander . In Alex- andria it would have centuries ...
... Ptolemy to found a dynasty , he had fair cause to think that Alexander would be grateful . Had his body reached Macedon , sooner or later it would have been destroyed by the implacable Cassander . In Alex- andria it would have centuries ...
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... Ptolemy for ulterior motive , apparently oblivious of the fact that their case is based upon the opposite of what it sets out to prove . Ptolemy's interest is alleged to lie in creating propaganda for his own dynasty . But he wrote for ...
... Ptolemy for ulterior motive , apparently oblivious of the fact that their case is based upon the opposite of what it sets out to prove . Ptolemy's interest is alleged to lie in creating propaganda for his own dynasty . But he wrote for ...
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Achilles Alex Alexander Alexander's ancient ander Antipater Aristobulus Aristotle army Arrian Arrian says Artabazus Asia asked Athenian Athens Attalus Babylon Bactria Bagoas battle began Bessus bride Callisthenes campaign Cassander cavalry chariot Cleitus command court Craterus Curtius Cyrus danger Darius dead death Demosthenes Diodorus divine donians doubt Ecbatana Egypt elephants enemy envoys eunuch exile father fight fled fleet force friends garrison gold Greece Greek Harpalus Hephaestion Hephaestion's honour horses Illyrians Indian infantry killed King knew known land later legend lived Mace Macedon Macedonian mercenaries murder Nabarzanes Nearchus never night numbers Ochus offered officers Olympias once palace Parmenion passed Pausanias Perdiccas perhaps Persepolis Persian Peucestas Philip Philotas Plutarch Plutarch says Porus pride probably Ptolemy river route Roxane royal satrap seems sent ships siege Sisygambis Sogdiana soldiers story survived Susa talents Thebans Thebes thought tion told took troops walls wound