The History of AlexanderPenguin UK, 28/04/2005 - 352 من الصفحات Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet although no other individual has attracted so much speculation across the centuries, Alexander himself remains an enigma. Curtius' History offers a great deal of information unobtainable from other sources of the time. A compelling narrative of a turbulent era, the work recounts events on a heroic scale, detailing court intrigue, stirring speeches and brutal battles - among them, those of Macedonia's great war with Persia, which was to culminate in Alexander's final triumph over King Darius and the defeat of an ancient and mighty empire. It also provides by far the most plausible and haunting portrait of Alexander we possess: a brilliantly realized image of a man ruined by constant good fortune in his youth. |
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... army, he turns to Charidemus, an Athenian exile, asking him for his impressions (3.2.10). Just as Demaratus, the exiled Spartan, praises the fighting skill of his countrymen (Herodotus 7.101–5), so Charidemus warns Darius that his will ...
... army, he turns to Charidemus, an Athenian exile, asking him for his impressions (3.2.10). Just as Demaratus, the exiled Spartan, praises the fighting skill of his countrymen (Herodotus 7.101–5), so Charidemus warns Darius that his will ...
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... army into utter confusion (3.8.25ff); panic ensues when Darius flees the battlefield at Issus (3.11.12), when Parmenion appears before Damascus (3.13.9), when the Macedonian troops experience the perils of the Tigris river (4.9.20). And ...
... army into utter confusion (3.8.25ff); panic ensues when Darius flees the battlefield at Issus (3.11.12), when Parmenion appears before Damascus (3.13.9), when the Macedonian troops experience the perils of the Tigris river (4.9.20). And ...
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... army had been annihilated in the north, and that Alexander himself had fallen in battle (Justin 11.2.7–8; cf. Arr. 1.7.2–3). This false report inspired the Thebans to rebel, and they attacked the Macedonian garrison on the Cadmeia (Diod ...
... army had been annihilated in the north, and that Alexander himself had fallen in battle (Justin 11.2.7–8; cf. Arr. 1.7.2–3). This false report inspired the Thebans to rebel, and they attacked the Macedonian garrison on the Cadmeia (Diod ...
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... army across to Abydos (Arr. 1.11.6). He himself took sixty ships and sailed to the Troad, where he cast his spear into the shore, thus claiming all Asia as his 'spearwon' prize (Diod. 17.17.2; Justin 11.5.10). Some have recorded that ...
... army across to Abydos (Arr. 1.11.6). He himself took sixty ships and sailed to the Troad, where he cast his spear into the shore, thus claiming all Asia as his 'spearwon' prize (Diod. 17.17.2; Justin 11.5.10). Some have recorded that ...
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... army to the Adrastean plain and occupy the banks of the river Granicus, which flows through Hellespontine Phrygia (Diod. 17.18.3–4; Justin 11.6.10; Plut. Alex. 16.1). When Alexander reached the river, he found the Persians well ...
... army to the Adrastean plain and occupy the banks of the river Granicus, which flows through Hellespontine Phrygia (Diod. 17.18.3–4; Justin 11.6.10; Plut. Alex. 16.1). When Alexander reached the river, he found the Persians well ...
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BOOK 4 | |
BOOK 6 | |
BOOK 10 | |
Bibliography | |
List of Abbreviations | |
Appendices | |
Index of Mythical Historical and Literary Figures | |
Index to Maps | |
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