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An Elephant for Aristotle is a 1958 historical novel by American writer L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published in hardback by Doubleday, and in paperback by Curtis in 1971. The first British edition was published by Dobson in 1966.
What finer way for Alexander the Great to honor his old tutor Aristotle than to send him an actual Indian elephant? *** After capturing a magnificent specimen from an Indian ruler, Alexander tasks Leon of Atrax, a cavalry commander, to deliver the animal to Aristotle in Athens.
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Aug 7, 2019 · Oh and one other thing...there is also an elephant for Aristotle. So Leon has to figure out how to get an elephant the thousands of miles from India to Athens. While coping with such little problems as getting an elephant over snow bound mountains, searingly hot deserts and the salt sea.
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An Elephant for Aristotle. L. Sprague De Camp. Arc Manor, 2013 - Fiction - 376 pages. What finer way for Alexander the Great to honor his old tutor Aristotle than to send him an actual Indian...
- L. Sprague De Camp
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- Harry Turtledove
- An Elephant for Aristotle
Sep 27, 2020 · The novel concerns the adventures of Leon of Atrax, a Thessalian cavalry commander who has been tasked by Alexander the Great to bring an elephant captured from the Indian ruler Porus, to Athens as a present for Alexander's old tutor, Aristotle.
What finer way for Alexander the Great to honor his old tutor Aristotle than to send him an actual Indian elephant.After capturing a magnificent specimen from an Indian ruler, Alexander tasks...
Oct 15, 2019 · What finer way for Alexander the Great to honor his old tutor Aristotle than to send him an actual Indian elephant. After capturing a magnificent specimen from an Indian ruler, Alexander tasks Leon of Atrax, a cavalry commander, to deliver the animal to Aristotle in Athens.
