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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... river – he falsely claimed to have been the admiral of the whole fleet (Arr. 6.2.3) – and was the author of a work entitled How Alexander Was Educated, although the main focus of this was, apparently, India. Nearchus, the admiral, wrote ...
... river – he falsely claimed to have been the admiral of the whole fleet (Arr. 6.2.3) – and was the author of a work entitled How Alexander Was Educated, although the main focus of this was, apparently, India. Nearchus, the admiral, wrote ...
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... river (4.9.20). And panic sends the Indians headlong to their deaths at Aornus (8.11.22–3). In the same vein, we are shown the sufferings of the army on the journey to Siwah (4.7.6), in the Persian winter (5.6.12ff.) and in the ...
... river (4.9.20). And panic sends the Indians headlong to their deaths at Aornus (8.11.22–3). In the same vein, we are shown the sufferings of the army on the journey to Siwah (4.7.6), in the Persian winter (5.6.12ff.) and in the ...
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... 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 established on the far bank. Parmenion advised against crossing ...
... 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 established on the far bank. Parmenion advised against crossing ...
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... river made famous by Greek poetry with all its myths. [3] Its source is a mountain peak. From this it comes rushing and tumbling down with a thunderous roar on to a rock at the foot of the mountain, and subsequently provides irrigation ...
... river made famous by Greek poetry with all its myths. [3] Its source is a mountain peak. From this it comes rushing and tumbling down with a thunderous roar on to a rock at the foot of the mountain, and subsequently provides irrigation ...
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... river Sangarius, equidistant from the Pontic and Cilician Seas. [13] Between these seas, as we know, the span of Asia is at its narrowest, the two bodies of water compressing it into a constricted isthmus. Asia is attached to the ...
... river Sangarius, equidistant from the Pontic and Cilician Seas. [13] Between these seas, as we know, the span of Asia is at its narrowest, the two bodies of water compressing it into a constricted isthmus. Asia is attached to the ...
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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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