J M O'Brien

Alexander the Great

The Invisible Enemy : A Biography

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Produktbeschreibung

Despite Alexander the Great's unprecedented accomplishments, during the last seven years of his life, this indomitable warrior became increasingly unpredictable, sporadically violent, megalomaniacal, and suspicious of friends as well as enemies. What could have caused such a lamentable transformation? This biography seeks to answer that question by assessing the role of alcohol in Alexander the Great's life, using the figure of Dionysus as a symbol of its destructive effects on his psyche. The unique methodology employed in this book explores various aspects of Alexander's life while maintaining an historical framework. The exposition of the main theme is handled in such a way that the biography will appeal to general readers as well as scholars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 547g
• ISBN-13: 9780415106177
• ISBN-10: 0415106176
• Artikelnr.: 22278107

Autorenporträt

John Maxwell O'Brien is Professor of History at Queens College of the City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter I: The Coming of Age in Macedonia
Dionysus in the Royal Tombs
Macedonian Drinking
Philip and Alexander
Olympias and Alexander
the Dionysiac Cult in Macedonia
Olympias, Philip and Alexander
The Gardens of Midas, Heroic Models
Regent
The Battle of Chaeronea
Athens (338 B.C.)
The Wedding of Philip II and CLeopatra
The Pixodarus Affair
The Assassination of Philip II Chapter II: A Homeric King
The Accession (336 B.C.)
Alexander in Greece
Northern Campaigns
The Destruction of Thebes
Dium
Alexander's Sexuality
Alexander at the Hellespont
The Battle of the Granicus River
Asia Minor
The Gordian Knot
The Battle of Issus
Phoenicia
The Siege of Tyre
Egypt
Alexandria
The Journey to Siwah
The Battle of Gaugamela
Babylon and Susa Chapter III The Metamorphosis
The Signs of Change
The Burning of Persepolis: Orientalization
The Philotas Affair
The Death of Cleitus
Proskynesis
Callisthenes
The Pages' Conspiracy
Nysa and Aornus ^:Chapter IV: The Ambivalent Victor
Into India (326 B.C.)
The Battle of the Hydaspes (Jhelum) River
Mutiny at the Hyphasis (Beas) River
Ocean
The Gedrosian Desert
Carmania
Persis
Cyrus's Tomb
Susa
Deification
The Opis Mutiny
The Death of Hephaestiion
Chapter V Death in Babylon
The Last Plans
The Death of Alexander Epilogue
Appendix A: The Royal Tombs
Appendix B: Attributes of Wine in the Readings of Alexander the Great
Postscript
Key to Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index