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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... eunuchs as the Romans do (3.3.23), and, in general, their women (notably Sisigambis, Darius' mother) are more courageous than their men (cf. Sisimithres' shame to see women more concerned than men about liberty, 8.2.28). The Scythians ...
... eunuchs as the Romans do (3.3.23), and, in general, their women (notably Sisigambis, Darius' mother) are more courageous than their men (cf. Sisimithres' shame to see women more concerned than men about liberty, 8.2.28). The Scythians ...
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... eunuch Bagoas (6.5.23); he abandons his policy of sexual restraint and sleeps with Thalestris, the Amazon queen (6.5.29–32); he assumes Persian dress and adopts the practices of the Persian court (6.6.1ff.; the reference to proskynesis ...
... eunuch Bagoas (6.5.23); he abandons his policy of sexual restraint and sleeps with Thalestris, the Amazon queen (6.5.29–32); he assumes Persian dress and adopts the practices of the Persian court (6.6.1ff.; the reference to proskynesis ...
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... eunuch who lusted for power (Diod. 17.5.3). He now placed on the throne Arses, the youngest of Ochus' sons, but he too soon fell victim to Bagoas' treachery (Diod. 17.5.3–4). 4 Thereafter, Darius, who was not in the direct line of ...
... eunuch who lusted for power (Diod. 17.5.3). He now placed on the throne Arses, the youngest of Ochus' sons, but he too soon fell victim to Bagoas' treachery (Diod. 17.5.3–4). 4 Thereafter, Darius, who was not in the direct line of ...
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... eunuchs (who are not at all held in contempt by these peoples). [24] Next came the carriages of the 360 royal concubines, these also dressed in royal finery, and behind them 600 mules and 300 camels carried the king's money, with a ...
... eunuchs (who are not at all held in contempt by these peoples). [24] Next came the carriages of the 360 royal concubines, these also dressed in royal finery, and behind them 600 mules and 300 camels carried the king's money, with a ...
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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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