Memnon

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Label

Memnon

Statement of responsibility

Scott Oden

Creator

• trueOden, Scott

Subject

• Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Fiction
• trueAncient Greece
• trueAncient Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C
• trueAncient Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.E
• Darius, III, King of Persia, -330 B.C
• Darius, III, King of Persia, -330 B.C. -- Fiction
• trueDeath of fathers
• Europe -- Macedonia
• Fathers -- Death
• Fiction
• Greece
• Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. -- Fiction
• Greek mercenaries
• Greek mercenaries -- Fiction
• Historical fiction
• History
• Iran
• trueIran -- History -- Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C
• Iran -- History -- Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C. -- Fiction
• trueIran -- History -- Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C.E
• trueMacedon (Empire) -- History -- To 168 B.C
• trueMacedon (Empire) -- History -- To 168 B.C.E
• Macedonia -- History -- To 168 B.C. -- Fiction
• trueMacedonia, Ancient Greece -- History -- To 168 B.C.E
• Macedonian Conquest of Iran (334-325 B.C.)
• Macedonian Expansion (Greece : 359-323 B.C.)
• trueMen/women relations
• trueMercenaries
• trueMercenary troops -- Ancient Greece
• trueMilitary strategy
• truePersian Empire
• truePrincesses
• trueRulers
• To 168 B.C
• Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C
• trueWarriors
• trueWar

Genre

• Historical fiction
• trueHistory
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"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

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.6

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction