68. “So far as I am concerned, I could not be accused of having set eyes, or having wished to set eyes, upon Darius’ wife: on the contrary, I have refused even to listen to those who spoke to me of her beauty.”— Alexander the Great 69. “I wish that the Indians believed m...
Darius III, the last king of the Achaemenid Empire, was defeated at the Battle of Issus, in southern Anatolia, by Alexander the Great of Macedonia in 333 BC. Darius fled the scene of his defeat, but his mother Sisigambis, his wife Stateira I and daughters, Stateira II and Drypetis, ...
Darius’s Greek mercenaries were largely massacred, but 2,000 survivors were sent back to Macedonia in chains. This victory exposed western Asia Minor to the Macedonians, and most cities hastened to open their gates. The tyrants were expelled and (in contrast to Macedonian policy in Greece) ...
Alexander’s forces were greatly outnumbered in men but not in experience or the determination for revenge and to claim Persia’s great wealth, much of it plundered. As it became clear Alexander would win the Battle of Issus, Darius fled with what remained of his troops, leaving his wife ...
Mr. Alexander's parents have since moved out of the assisted-living facility and back into their home, so he tends to them most days. 亚历山大的父母为了给予孩子一些经济支持,也搬出了养老院,和孩子们住了很长时间。 article.yeeyan.org 10. Darius again was the first to flee the battle, abandon...
Accordingly, Darius collected an immense army himself, and advanced tomeet the Macedonians in person. Nothing could exceed the pomp andmagnificence of his preparations. There were immense numbers oftroops, and they were of all nations. There were even a great manyGreeks among his forces, many ...
Bagoas was not the first Persian court eunuch, either, to act as a power-broker between rival individuals and factions. A homonymous predecessor had done his murderous worst through the arts of poison, paving the way for Darius III's immediate predecessor to assume the Persian throne. The ...
to any of the plans and propositions which Darius made and offered forthe redemption of his wife and mother, but insisted on retaining themas his prisoners. He, however, treated them with respect and highconsideration. He provided them with royal tents of greatmagnificence, and had them ...
In the winter he founded Alexandria, perhaps the greatest monument to his name, and in the spring of 331 he returned to Syria, then went to Mesopotamia where he met Darius again in the battle of Guagamela. The battle was hard, but Alexander was victorious. He marched S to Babylon, then...
Did Alexander want to become a Great King like Darius or be worshiped as a living god? When, in 330, Alexander sacked Persepolis, Plutarch says his men thought it a sign Alexander was ready to return home. They learned otherwise and some threatened to mutiny. In 324, on the banks of ...