Author: Mary Renault

Cites

• Hermann Bengtson (1)
  • IN: The Persian Boy (1972) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: If anyone has the right to be measured by the standards of his own time, it is Alexander.
    FROM: The Greeks and the Persians, (1968), NULL, Germany
• Plato (1)
  • IN: The Mask of Apollo (1966) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Tears were for Hekabe, friend, and for Ilion's women, Spun into the dark Web on the day of their birth, But for you our hopes were great, and great the triumph, Cancelled alike by the gods at the point of glory. Now you like in your own land, now all men honour you-- But I loved you, O Dion!
    FROM: translated by Dudley Fitts, (None), NULL, Greece
• Homer (1)
  • IN: The King Must Die (1958) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Oh, Mother! I was born to die soon; but Olympian Zeus the Thunderer owes me some honour for it.
    FROM: Iliad, (-8), NULL, Greece
• Quintus Curtis (1)
  • IN: Fire From Heaven (1969) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: When Perdikkas asked him at what times he wished to have divine honours paid him, he answered that he wished it done when they themselves were happy. These were the last words of the King.
    FROM: Histories of Alexander the Great, (1810), Book, Italy
• NULL (1)
  • IN: Funeral Games (1981) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: I foresee great contests at my funeral games.
    FROM: Reported deathbed words of Alexander the Great, (None), Speech, NULL

Cited by

• Jo Walton (2)
  • IN: The Just City (2015) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Yes, I know, Plato; but if you always take the steps in threes, one day you will miss a cracked one.
    FROM: The Last of the Wine, (1956), NULL, England/South-Africa