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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... Memnon, the advice of Charidemus and Thimodes (Thymondas), the loyalty of Patron, and the courage and plight of Dioxippus the boxer, all can be traced to Cleitarchus. 21 We are also given glimpses of the Persian camp and Darius ...
... Memnon, the advice of Charidemus and Thimodes (Thymondas), the loyalty of Patron, and the courage and plight of Dioxippus the boxer, all can be traced to Cleitarchus. 21 We are also given glimpses of the Persian camp and Darius ...
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... Memnon's successor and not personally to risk his empire on the outcome of a single battle. He should rather give Charidemus 100,000 men, one-third of these Greek mercenaries. Diodorus goes on to say that Darius' courtiers suspected ...
... Memnon's successor and not personally to risk his empire on the outcome of a single battle. He should rather give Charidemus 100,000 men, one-third of these Greek mercenaries. Diodorus goes on to say that Darius' courtiers suspected ...
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... Memnon the Rhodian to oppose those Macedonians who had established themselves on the Asian side of the Hellespont (Diod. 17.7.1ff.). Memnon had been chosen for the command because of his military skill and because he was related to ...
... Memnon the Rhodian to oppose those Macedonians who had established themselves on the Asian side of the Hellespont (Diod. 17.7.1ff.). Memnon had been chosen for the command because of his military skill and because he was related to ...
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Quintus Curtius Rufus. countered by capturing Grynium and enslaving its population. Yet Memnon was subsequently able to prevent Parmenion from capturing Pitane, and later he held Calas in check (Diod. 17.7.8–10). Alexander meanwhile ...
Quintus Curtius Rufus. countered by capturing Grynium and enslaving its population. Yet Memnon was subsequently able to prevent Parmenion from capturing Pitane, and later he held Calas in check (Diod. 17.7.8–10). Alexander meanwhile ...
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... Memnon the Rhodian strongly urged that the Persians adopt a scorched-earth policy (Arr. 1.12.9; cf. Curt. 3.4.3) in order to leave desolate the territory which the Macedonians would have to cross, and at the same time, he suggested ...
... Memnon the Rhodian strongly urged that the Persians adopt a scorched-earth policy (Arr. 1.12.9; cf. Curt. 3.4.3) in order to leave desolate the territory which the Macedonians would have to cross, and at the same time, he suggested ...
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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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