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Image 10 of History of Alexander the Great, Alexander. Frontispiece. Alexander Viewing the Dead Body of Darius. {Seep. 199.
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Image 12 of History of Alexander the Great, jin 40305 /9cd Library of Congress 1 wu Copies Received AUG 29 1900 Copyright totry SECOND COPY. Ofctiverol tf ORDER DIVISION, SEP 5 190(1 74132,
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Image 13 of History of Alexander the Great, CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE His Childhood and Youth 1 CHAPTER II. Beginning of his Reign 22 CHAPTER III. The Reaction 41 CHAPTER IV. Crossing the Hellespont 60 CHAPTER V. Campaign in Asia...
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Image 14 of History of Alexander the Great, Alexander, vi- Demosthenes.
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Image 15 of History of Alexander the Great, ILLUSTRATIONS. Viewing the Dead Body of Darius Frontispiece. Demosthenes page vi Bust of Alexander the Great X Headpiece, Chapter I. 1 Relating the Tales of Homer facing 8 The Banquet of Philip...
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Image 16 of History of Alexander the Great, Vlll ILLUSTRATIONS. Headpiece, Chapter VI. Map of the Plain of Issus The Battle of Issus The Siege of Tyre Headpiece, Chapter VII. The Defences of Tyre Arms and Armor Headpiece, Chapter VIII....
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Image 17 of History of Alexander the Great, INTRODUCTORY. Alexander the Great crowded into a brief career of twelve years a brilliant series of ex- ploits. Reaching the throne of Macedon before he had attained the age of twenty years,...
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Image 18 of History of Alexander the Great, Alexander, x Alexander the Great.
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Image 19 of History of Alexander the Great, ALEXANDER THE GREAT. CHAPTEK I. HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH. Alexander the Great died when he was quite young. He was but thirty-two years of age when he ended his career, and as...
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Image 20 of History of Alexander the Great, 2 ALEXANDER THE GREAT. character. He possessed a certain combina- tion of mental and personal attractions, which in every age gives to those who exhibit it a mysterious and almost unbounded ascendency...
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Image 21 of History of Alexander the Great, HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH. 3 was on the confines of Europe and Asia. Now Europe and Asia were, in those days, as now, marked and distinguished by two vast masses of social...
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Image 22 of History of Alexander the Great, 4 ALEXANDER THE GREAT. and Romans, on the other hand, prided them- selves on their compact bodies of troops, in- ured to hardship and thoroughly disciplined. Their officers gloried not in luxury...
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Image 23 of History of Alexander the Great, HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH. 5 The name of Alexander s father was Philip. The kingdom over which he reigned was called Macedon. Macedon was in the northern part of Greece. It was...
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Image 24 of History of Alexander the Great, 6 ALEXANDER THE GREAT. days. They had then no firearms, so that in battle the combatants could not stand quietly, as they can now, at a distance from the enemy, coolly discharging...
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Image 25 of History of Alexander the Great, HIS CHILDHOC that he should be inured to hardship aiid fa- tigue. In the early part of Alexander s life this was the main object of attention. The name of the nurse...
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Image 26 of History of Alexander the Great, A v ER THE GREAT. young Alexander was greatly delighted with Homer s tales. These tales are narrations of the exploits and adventures of certain great warriors at the siege of Troy...
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Image 27 of History of Alexander the Great, HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH. 9 treasures. Alexander determined to make use of this box as a depository for his beautiful copy of Homer, and he always carried it with him, thus protected,...
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Image 28 of History of Alexander the Great, 10 ALEXANDER THE GREAT. pomp and parade of the Persian monarchy. They had stories to tell him about the famous hanging gardens, which were artificially con- structed in the most magnificent manner,...
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Image 31 of History of Alexander the Great, HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH. 11 with those held in highest estimation on the Asiatic side, was fully confirmed in the subse- quent stages of Alexander s career. In fact, this combination of...
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Image 32 of History of Alexander the Great, 12 ALEXANDER THE GREAT. to be somewhat frightened by his own shadow, which happened at that time to be thrown very strongly and distinctly upon the ground. He saw other indications, also,...
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Image 33 of History of Alexander the Great, HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH. 13 obedience to man, when the individul who ex- acts the obedience possesses those qualities of coolness and courage which their instincts en- able them to appreciate. At...
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Image 34 of History of Alexander the Great, 14 ALEXANDER THE GREAT. He would kneel upon his fore legs at Alexan- der s command, in order that he might mount more easily. Alexander retained him for a long time, and...
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Image 35 of History of Alexander the Great, HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 15 in honor of his memory. The name of this city was Bucephalia. Alexander s character matured rapidly, and he began very early to act the part of...
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Image 36 of History of Alexander the Great, 16 ALEXANDER THE GREAT. important a charge, but he endeavored to guard against the danger of an unfortunate result by- putting the ablest generals on Alexander s side, while he reserved those...
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Image 37 of History of Alexander the Great, HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH. 17 married another lady. Among the festivities held on the occasion of this marriage, there was a great banquet, at which Alexander was present, and an incident occurred...
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Image 38 of History of Alexander the Great, 18 ALEXANDER THE GREAT. mother and son remained for a time in a state of open quarrel with the husband and father. In the meantime Philip had been planning a great expedition...
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