King Alexander's Treasure Map: 13 Days With the Queen of the Amazons

Cloud, James Saint

ISBN 10: 0692321047 / ISBN 13: 9780692321041

Published by Let It Be Publishing, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: King Alexander's Treasure Map: 13 Days With the Queen of the Amazons
• Publisher: Let It Be Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692321047
• ISBN 13: 9780692321041
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Alexander enthusiasts will enjoy this sleuthing through classical history to address the enigmas of the day in Gordium when the knot was cut, the theft of Bucephalos, the 13-day meeting with Queen Thalestris (and the effect that visit may have had for Alexander’s decision to go on east to India), and the implications to history if Thalestris may have had a child.

The author claims, "I am not so much a historian as a story-teller and philosopher, and my joy is to sleuth the unknowns of history to create stories to inquire of the “might have been” scenarios."

Please note that most of the contents of this book have been repackaged (especially for Scandinavian readers) in The Svea Saga (James Saint Cloud) to complete the author's theoretical story of Svea's royal parentage, the child of Thalestris and Alexander. (Svea is the mysterious historical figure from whom Sweden takes its name, her origins unknown.)

When King Alexander returned to the Caspian Sea (330 B.C.) there came to him the queen of the Amazons named Thalestris, who ruled all the country between the rivers Phasis and Thermodon. Her beauty and strength were remarkable, and her bravery acclaimed by her countrywomen. She arrived with an escort of three hundred Amazons fully armed. The king marveled at them and at their dignity and asked why they had come. She replied that it was for the purpose of getting a child, as he had shown himself to be the greatest of all men in his achievements, and she being superior to all women in strength and courage, that the offspring of such parents must surely surpass all other mortals in excellence. The king was delighted at this and granted her request, consorting with her for thirteen days, after which he honored her with fine gifts and she departed home.— Diodorus Siculus, Library of History. 1st century B.C. Was there a child? What happened when they met? No one has ever said.