Alexander the Great : selections from Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius

Author(s)

• Romm, James S.
• Mensch, Pamela

Bibliographic Information

Alexander the Great : selections from Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius

edited, with introduction, by James Romm ; translated by Pamela Mensch and James Romm

Hackett Pub. Co., c2005

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Comprising relevant selections from the four ancient writers whose portraits of Alexander the Great still survive--Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius--this volume provides a complete narrative of the important events in Alexander's life. The Introduction sets these works in historical context, stretching from the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War through Alexander's conquest of Asia, and provides an assessment of Alexander's historical importance as well as a survey of the central controversies surrounding his personality, aims and intentions. This edition includes a timeline, maps, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index.

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Details

• NCID: BA72077911
• ISBN:
  • 0872207277
• LCCN: 2004019818
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Indianapolis
• Pages/Volumes: xxix, 193 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DF234
  • DC22 : 938/.07/092
  • DC22 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C
  • LCSH : Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C
  • LCSH : Generals -- Greece -- Biography
  • LCSH : Greece -- Kings and rulers -- Biography