Arrian

Alexander the Great

The Anabasis and the Indica

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Arrian's account of Alexander's life and campaigns, published as the Anabasis and its companion piece the Indica, is our prime source for the history of Alexander, told with great narrative skill. This edition features a new translation of both texts, introduction, notes, guide to military systems and terminology, maps and a full index.

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Produktdetails

• Oxford World's Classics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 128mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 306g
• ISBN-13: 9780199587247
• ISBN-10: 0199587248
• Artikelnr.: 36683929

Autorenporträt

Martin Hammond has taught at St Paul's School, Harrow School, and Eton College, where he was Head of Classics from 1974 to 1980. He was Headmaster of Tonbridge School from 1990 until his retirement in 2005. He has translated Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and Marcus Aurelius' Meditations for Penguin, and is the translator of Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War for Oxford World's Classics. John Atkinson has taught at the universities of Zimbabwe, South Africa in Pretoria, and Cape Town. His publications include commentaries on Curtius Rufus's histories of Alexander, including the introduction and commentary to accompany John Yardley's translation of Book 10 for the Clarendon Ancient History Series.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Select Bibliography
Chronology
THE ANABASIS
THE INDICA
Appendix I: The Macedonian army: structures and terminology
Appendix II: The Macedonian and Persian courts and Imperial administration
Appendix III: Finance and linear measures
Explanatory Notes
Notes on the Greek text
Index
Maps