This carefully balanced and beautifully written biography reveals the role of alcohol in Alexander's life, using Dionysus as a symbol of its destructive effects on his psyche.
This carefully balanced and beautifully written biography reveals the role of alcohol in Alexander's life, using Dionysus as a symbol of its destructive effects on his psyche.
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
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
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