Perdikkas

"Perdikkas," she said, "the king has asked for my hand with the good will of the Macedonians.

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And the ships commanded by Niarchos will muster at the river-mouth, where I shall review them while Perdikkas is bringing the army down from Babylon; and sacrifices will be made there to the appropriate gods.

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On his way would be the main camp of Perdikkas 'and Eumenes' armies, where he could spread the news.

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Perdikkas sat back in his leather-slung camp-chair, and stretched out his long legs.

Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981

Perdikkas, after one look, had the room cleared and heard him.

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Perdikkas himself had a good strain of the royal blood ...

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She had assessed Perdikkas more as a colleague than a husband.

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It was then that Perdikkas had ordered the elephants to assault the walls.

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"He has given his ring to Perdikkas," Ptolemy said.

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His last action, before he took to his bed, had been to hang two envoys bringing a petition from Athens, a father and son who he found had corresponded with Perdikkas.

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