HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT PDF
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©Ije Midori) Altxaniitrtlit^rtat3 i kflblbbtt. ImrYork HISTORY ALEXANDER THE GREAT, BY JACOB ABBOTT. Wltb Hnsrab(tifl0. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 82 CLIFF STREET. ZJFzsi Entered, accordingtoActofCongress, intheyearone thousand eighthundredandforty-eight, by Harper & Brothers, l inthe Clerk's OfficeoftheDistrictCourtoftheSouthernDistrict ofNewYork. PREFACE. The history of the life of every individual who has, for any reason, attracted extensively the attention of mankind, has been written in a great variety of ways by a multitude of au- thors, and persons sometimes wonder why we should have so many different accounts of the same thing. The reason is, that each one of these accounts is intended for a different set of readers, whoreadwithideas andpurposeswide- ly dissimilar from each other. Among the twenty millions ofpeople in the United States, thereareperhaps twomillions, betweentheages offifteen and twenty-five, who wish to become acquainted, in general, with the leading events in the history ofthe Old World, and ofancient times, but who, coming upon the stage in this land and at this period, have ideas and concep- tions sowidelydifferent from those ofother na- tions and ofother times, that a mere republica- viii Preface. tion of existing accounts is not what they re- quire. The story must be told expressly for them. The things that are to be explained, the points that are to be brought out, the com- parative degree of prominence to be given to the various particulars, will all be different, on account of the difference in the situation, the ideas, and the objects of these new readers, comparedwiththose ofthevarious otherclasses of readers which former authors have had in view. It is for this reason, andwith thisview, thatthe present seriesofhistoricalnarrativesis presented to the public. The author, having had some opportunity to become acquainted with the position, the ideas, and the intellect- ualwants ofthosewhom he addresses, presents the result of his labors to them, with the hope that it may be found successful in accomplish- ing its design. CONTENTS. Chapter Page I. HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH .' 13 II. BEGINNING OF HIS REIGN 36 III. THE REACTION 57 IV. CROSSING THE HELLESPONT 78 V. CAMPAIGN IN ASIA MINOR 103 VI. DEFEAT OF DARIUS 128 VII. THE SIEGE OF TYRE 147 VIII. ALEXANDER IN EGYPT 169 IX. THE GREAT VICTORY.,. 189 X. THE DEATH OF DARIUS 213 XI. DETERIORATION OF CHARACTER 234 XII. ALEXANDER'S END 251 ENGRAVINGS Page map. expedition of Alexander Frontispiece. ALEXANDER AND BUCEPHALUS 27 MAP OF MACEDON AND GREECE 48 MAP OF MACEDON AND GREECE 58 MAP OF THE PLAIN OF TROY... 88 PARIS AND HELEN 94 ACHILLES 97 MAP OF THE GRANICUS 104 THE BATHING IN THE RIVER CYDNUS 124 MAP OF THE PLAIN OF ISSUS 134 THE SIEGE OF TYRE 157 THE FOCUS 185 THE CALTROP 197 ALEXANDER AT THE PASS OF SUSA 211 PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF MOUNT ATHOS 261
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