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He lived in the shadow of kings. One trusted him with his empire; the other feared his every move . .
Medallion Press
August 2006
Featuring: Memnon of Rhodes
500 pages
ISBN: 1932815392
Hardcover
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Fiction | Historical
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.
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