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" Soldier, priest, and god : "
F.S. Naiden.
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BL
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873383
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Naiden, F. S.
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Soldier, priest, and god : : a life of Alexander the Great /\ F.S. Naiden.
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New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, [2019]
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, ©2019
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407 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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0190875348
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: 9780190875343
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0190875356
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0190875364
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9780190875350
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9780190875367
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| Notes
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Maps on endpapers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- The Mediterranean comes of age -- A Macedonian priest-king -- The s-curve -- The throne of Tyre -- The throne of Egypt -- The throne of Babylon -- A vacant throne -- Sogdian in-laws -- Self-defeat -- Persian in-laws -- The waters of life -- Dead men and a living king.
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"This is the first life of Alexander the Great to explore his religious experience, to put his experience in Egypt and Asia on a par with his Macedonian upbringing and Greek education, and to explain how the European conqueror became a Moslem saint"--
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Alexander,356 B.C.-323 B.C.-- Religion.
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Alexander, III., v356-v323
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Alexander,356 B.C.-323 B.C.
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Generals-- Greece, Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
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Generals.
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HISTORY-- Ancient-- Greece.
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Kings and rulers.
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Religion.
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Greece, Kings and rulers, Biography.
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Middle East, Religion.
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Greece.
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Middle East.
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| Dewey Classification
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938/.04092B
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DF234.2.N35 2019
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| Parallel Title
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Life of Alexander the Great
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