N. G. L. Hammond

Sources for Alexander the Great

An Analysis of Plutarch's 'Life' and Arrian's 'Anabasis Alexandrou'

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Produktbeschreibung

This 1993 book attempts to analyse and evaluate in detail the sources of information that the ancient writers Plutarch and Arrian drew on.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9780521432641
• ISBN-10: 0521432642
• Artikelnr.: 35560660

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations and select bibliography
Prolegomena
Part I. Plutarch's Sources for the Narrative Passages: 1. Alexander's origin, boyhood and relations with Philip
2. Balkan campaign, sack of Thebes and landing in Asia
3. The set battles in Asia
4. Alexander and Darius
5. Phoenicia, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Parthia
6. Conspiracies and Callisthenes
7. Bactria, India and Carmania
8. Persia and Babylonia
9. Attributions and deductions
Part II: 10. Plutarch's reflective passages and Alexander's personality
Part III. Arrian's Sources for the Anabasis Alexandrou: 11. The methodology of Arrian
12. From Macedonia to the Tanaïs
13. From the Tanaïs to the Indus valley
14. Advance from Nysa and return to the Hydaspes
15. From the Hydaspes to Persepolis
16. The last year of Alexander's life
Part IV: 17. The personality of Arrian and his choice and use of sources
Index.