Alexander’s Conquests From the Gordian Knot to Tyre’s Fall
Following his triumph in Ionia, Alexander embarked on a remarkable journey through Caria, where a local queen embraced him as an honorary son. The...
Alexander the Great Conquest and Challenges
Alexander the Great’s conquests were marked by strategic brilliance and audacity. After his father Philip of Macedon secured Greece, the stage was set for...
Byblis was beside herself
Troubled thoughts perplexed her… ‘What will become of me? Away, perverted passion! Let me love my brother with a proper sister’s love! Yet if...
Byblis unspeakable desires
Her unspeakable desires…
She went to a nearby mountain and set about throwing herself off. But Nymphai, pitying her, held her back. Casting her into...
The Human Factor in Architecture
The Human Factor in Architecture
Another majestic building of the city is the Fountain. İt is an interesting case that the Caunians had never and...
Domestic Conflicts part 22
Now Elissus is a fort built on a hill and quite impregnable, and looks down upon Dyrrachium in the plains, as the saying is...
Domestic Conflicts part 21
Indeed, when Landulph saw Bohemund crossing the sea with this dread array and with transports carrying myriads of men, as we have already more...
Domestic Conflicts part 20
So he sailed with the other Dukes and kept a careful watch on the intervening straits from Valona; he placed scouts on the ridge...
Domestic Conflicts part 19
There he approached the apostolic seat, and conversed with the Pope and raised his fierce ire against the Romans and fanned the ancient grudge...
Domestic Conflicts part 18
He also continually sent letters to his nephew Alexius, the Duke of Dyrrachium, stirring him up and bidding him keep a sharp look-out and...
