“Alexander emerges as an almost Hamlet-like figure, more sinned against than sinning. In a sense Alexander, too, was haunted and motivated by his father’s ghost... He may well have saved more lives than he destroyed and was rarely gratuitous in… — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“As a reviewer once told me, the story of Alexander’s tomb without a body is like Hamlet without the Prince…. The rest is silence.” — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“Alexander's mere name and the fame of his feats raised rulers and realms across virtually the whole world. And those who kept control of… — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“Alexander (grinning): When Darius was scorching the earth, devastating villages and spoiling provisions, it drove me round the bend, but now indeed what have… — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“Alexander emerges as an almost Hamlet-like figure, more sinned against than sinning. In a sense Alexander, too, was haunted and motivated by his father’s… — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“Alexander was no longer so much the master of his lust, having been fawned upon by Fortune, whom mortal men too little distrust.” — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“A pure breed of steed is steered sheerly by the shadow of the lash, but even the spur cannot stir a mount of trash.” — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more disreputable than wasting a reputation where it cannot be flaunted, for fame fades fast in fighting filthy foes.” — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“Alexander (at the trial of Philotas): How much happier to have fallen in the fighting, felled by a foe, rather than die by a… — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“To understand Alexander well, it is necessary to follow his heart more closely than his policies, so I investigate the king's character through the… — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“An empire that could have stood sound under a single sovereign was wrecked through being run by sundry rulers.” — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
