Has any ancient figure captivated the imagination of people over the centuries so much as Alexander the Great? In less than a decade he created an empire stretching across much of the Near East as far as India, which led to Greek culture becoming dominant in much of this region for a millennium. Here, an international team of experts clearly explains the life and career of one of the most significant figures in world history. They introduce key themes of his campaign as well as describing aspects of his court and government and exploring the very different natures of his engagements with the various peoples he encountered and their responses to him. The reader is also introduced to the key sources, including the more important fragmentary historians, especially Ptolemy, Aristobulus and Clitarchus, with their different perspectives. The book closes by considering how Alexander's image was manipulated in antiquity itself.

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2023

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The Cambridge Companion to Alexander the Great
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Contents
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Introduction
I Alexander's Life and Career
1 Alexander's Birth and Childhood
2 The Crises Leading up to Alexander's Accession
3 Alexander and the Greeks
4 To the Ends of the World: What the Campaign Was All About
5 Alexander and Egypt
6 Alexander and the Persian Empire
7 Alexander and India
8 Alexander’s Death, Last Plans and Burial
II Contexts
9 Macedonia
10 Kingship
11 Court and Companions
12 Changes and Challenges at Alexander’s Court
13 The Women of Alexander’s Court
14 Religion
15 Army and Warfare
16 Alexander’s Modern Military Reputation
17 Finance and Coinage
18 The Administration of Alexander’s Empire
19 Geography, Science and Knowledge of the World
III The Historical and Biographical Tradition
20 Arrian’s Alexander
21 Plutarch’s Alexander
22 Curtius’ Alexander
23 Ptolemy and Aristobulus
24 Clitarchus' Alexander
25 Callisthenes, Chares, Nearchus, Onesicritus and the Mystery of the Royal Journals
IV The Ancient World's Memory of Alexander
26 The Successors and the Image of Alexander
27 Alexander and the Roman Emperors
28 The Alexander Romance
29 Alexander in Jewish and Early Christian Literature
30 Alexander in Ancient Art
Alexander's Timeline 356–321 BC
References
Index

2025-04-03