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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 71
Page 64
... later kill people at her demand , refusing even to remove a Regent she detested . There always remain , as credible human motives , sheer hate , and revenge ; these must indeed have impelled the actual killer . But to Alexander the ...
... later kill people at her demand , refusing even to remove a Regent she detested . There always remain , as credible human motives , sheer hate , and revenge ; these must indeed have impelled the actual killer . But to Alexander the ...
Page 78
... later : " While I have led you , not one of you has been killed in flight . " After this battle he marched north to the Ister . Not only did he want to control the land it bounded ; he had a longing , says Arrian , to cross to the other ...
... later : " While I have led you , not one of you has been killed in flight . " After this battle he marched north to the Ister . Not only did he want to control the land it bounded ; he had a longing , says Arrian , to cross to the other ...
Page 89
Mary Renault. pillow . Later he amassed much wealth , but he had also spent it : on his army , on buying support in Greece , on civilizing Macedon , and on preparing for the war . Alex- ander was to say later , " I inherited from my ...
Mary Renault. pillow . Later he amassed much wealth , but he had also spent it : on his army , on buying support in Greece , on civilizing Macedon , and on preparing for the war . Alex- ander was to say later , " I inherited from my ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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