Memnon
Publisher: Medallion Press
Published: August 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 503
ISBN-13: 9781932815399
Subjects: Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C; Macedonia; Historical - General; Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Iran; To 168 B.C; Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C; Fiction / Historical; Greece; Greek mercenaries; History
Description: "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"--Publisher's description.