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  Memnon (Hardback) By (author) Scott Oden

  

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  Short Description for MemnonA soldier, sailor, statesman, and general, Memnon of Rhodes (375-333 BCE) walked in the footsteps of giants. This title presents a record of his triumphs and tragedies, his loves and losses, and of the determination that drove him to stand against the most renowned figure of the ancient world - the ambitious young conqueror Alexander the Great.
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  • Publisher: Medallion Press
  • Published: 01 September 2007
  • Format: Hardback 503 pages
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  • Categories: Historical Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9781932815399 ISBN 10: 1932815392
  • Sales rank: 1,280,852

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• Memnon of Rhodes (375-333 BCE) walked in the footsteps of giants. As a soldier, sailor, statesman, and general, he was, in the words of Diodorus of Sicily, "outstanding in courage and strategic grasp". A contemporary of Demosthenes and Aristotle, Memnon rose from humble origins to command the whole of western Asia in a time of strife and slaughter. To his own people, he was a traitor, to his rivals, a mercenary. But, to the King of Kings, his majesty Darius III of Persia, Memnon was the one man capable of defending Asia Minor from the rising power of the barbaric Macedonians. In a war pitting Greek against Greek, Memnon proved his quality beyond measure. His enemies fought for glory and gold; Memnon fought for something more, for loyalty, for honor, and for duty. He fought for the love of Barsine, a woman of remarkable beauty and grace. Most of all, he fought for the promise of peace. Through the deathbed recollections of a mysterious woman, the life of Memnon unfolds with brilliant clarity. It is a record of his triumphs and tragedies, his loves and losses, and of the determination that drove him to stand against the most renowned figure of the ancient world - the ambitious young conqueror called Alexander the Great.