Alexander the Great: A Reader

Author : "Ian Worthington (University of Missouri, Columbia, USA)"

Paperback

Published : Friday 18 November 2011

ISBN : 9780415667432

Price : €43.70

Description

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada--T.p. verso.

This exciting new edition is an indispensable guide for undergraduates to the study of Alexander the Great, showing the problems of the ancient source material, and making it clear that there is no single approach to be taken. The twelve thematic chapters contain a broad selection of the most significant published articles about Alexander, examining the main areas of debate and discussion: The Sources Alexander's Influences and the Macedonian Background Alexander's Aims Alexander's Battles and Generalship Alexander and the Greeks Alexander and the Persian Empire Alexander, India and the Gedrosian Desert From Mass Marriage to Death Alexander and the `Unity of Mankind' Alexander and Deification Alexander and Conspiracies Alexander: The `Great'? The Reader has the distinctive feature of translating a substantial number of the more inaccessible primary sources; each chapter is also prefaced with a succinct introduction to the topic under consideration.

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