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The other writers frequently contain stories to the discredit of Alexander , which do not occur in Arrian . ... which was concealed by Ptolemy and Aristobulus , in their zeal for Alexander's good name . deacon Williams of Cardigan ...
The other writers frequently contain stories to the discredit of Alexander , which do not occur in Arrian . ... which was concealed by Ptolemy and Aristobulus , in their zeal for Alexander's good name . deacon Williams of Cardigan ...
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Alexander seems to him to be tending to Asiatise Macedonia and Hellas , ' because he increased the royal power in Macedonia , and extended it over Hellas . And we cannot help remarking how , throughout his whole argument , Mr. Grote ...
Alexander seems to him to be tending to Asiatise Macedonia and Hellas , ' because he increased the royal power in Macedonia , and extended it over Hellas . And we cannot help remarking how , throughout his whole argument , Mr. Grote ...
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But Mr. Grote should surely not have omitted the fact that those who attribute this cruelty to Alexander , describe it as an act of revenge for a treacherous attempt upon Alex- ander on the part of Batis . Both Hegesias and Curtius tell ...
But Mr. Grote should surely not have omitted the fact that those who attribute this cruelty to Alexander , describe it as an act of revenge for a treacherous attempt upon Alex- ander on the part of Batis . Both Hegesias and Curtius tell ...
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1 History of the Reign of Philip the Second King | 1 |
sur le Globe Par P Flourens Membre de lAca | 46 |
England from the earliest period to the year 1742 | 78 |
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