Mystery surrounds the parentage of Alexander, the prince born to Queen Olympias. Is his father Philip, King of Macedonia, or Nectanebo, the mysterious sorcerer who seduced the queen by trickery? One thing is certain: the boy is destined to conquer the known world. He grows up to fulfil this prophecy[...]

Alexander The Great precipitated immense historical change in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. But his legend has resonated even farther, over two millennia, across foreign cultures, religious traditions and distant nations. This is the definitive book of those legends. Over 40 illustratio[...]

From prehistory to the present day, this historic account covers everything from the legendary flood of Noah to the early civilization of Catal Huyuk through the treasures of Troy to the strong position Turkey now holds in the world community. Maps & illustrations.[...]

Essential reading for students of late antique and medieval literature, these stories are still unsurpassed for sheer entertainment, opening a window onto a rumbustious world of legend as rich as that of the Arabian Nights. This revised edition offers a substantial new introduction by the editor.[...]

Alexander the Great of Macedon was no stranger to controversy in his own time. Conqueror of the Greek states, of Egypt and of the Persian Empire as well as many of the principalities of the Indus Valley, he nevertheless became revered as well as vilified. Was he a simply a destroyer of the ancient c[...]