The History of AlexanderPenguin UK, 28/04/2005 - 352 من الصفحات Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet although no other individual has attracted so much speculation across the centuries, Alexander himself remains an enigma. Curtius' History offers a great deal of information unobtainable from other sources of the time. A compelling narrative of a turbulent era, the work recounts events on a heroic scale, detailing court intrigue, stirring speeches and brutal battles - among them, those of Macedonia's great war with Persia, which was to culminate in Alexander's final triumph over King Darius and the defeat of an ancient and mighty empire. It also provides by far the most plausible and haunting portrait of Alexander we possess: a brilliantly realized image of a man ruined by constant good fortune in his youth. |
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... Ptolemy, Cleitarchus and Aristobulus. What the precise relationship of these three authors was is far from certain; though we can be reasonably confident in assigning Aristobulus to the third century B.C. It used to be thought that Ptolemy ...
... Ptolemy, Cleitarchus and Aristobulus. What the precise relationship of these three authors was is far from certain; though we can be reasonably confident in assigning Aristobulus to the third century B.C. It used to be thought that Ptolemy ...
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... Ptolemy had successfully diverted to Egypt in 321. In addition to the half-finished work of Callisthenes, Cleitarchus probably read and used the accounts of Onesicritus and Nearchus for information on India. The former had been the ...
... Ptolemy had successfully diverted to Egypt in 321. In addition to the half-finished work of Callisthenes, Cleitarchus probably read and used the accounts of Onesicritus and Nearchus for information on India. The former had been the ...
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... Ptolemy and Timagenes (both at 9.5.21). About Timagenes, who came to Rome from Alexandria in 55 B.C., we know very ... Ptolemy will no doubt account for the numerous instances when his history coincides closely with that of Arrian. And ...
... Ptolemy and Timagenes (both at 9.5.21). About Timagenes, who came to Rome from Alexandria in 55 B.C., we know very ... Ptolemy will no doubt account for the numerous instances when his history coincides closely with that of Arrian. And ...
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... Ptolemy as a useful supplement for official (military and administrative) information. And this argues strongly against the view that he did not care if he got his details right. About his chief source, Cleitarchus, there is little in ...
... Ptolemy as a useful supplement for official (military and administrative) information. And this argues strongly against the view that he did not care if he got his details right. About his chief source, Cleitarchus, there is little in ...
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Quintus Curtius Rufus. information from sources not used by Ptolemy or Aristobulus, and he had no reason, as Ptolemy clearly did, to misrepresent the activities and achievements of some of Alexander's commanders. Thus we learn from ...
Quintus Curtius Rufus. information from sources not used by Ptolemy or Aristobulus, and he had no reason, as Ptolemy clearly did, to misrepresent the activities and achievements of some of Alexander's commanders. Thus we learn from ...
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BOOK 4 | |
BOOK 6 | |
BOOK 10 | |
Bibliography | |
List of Abbreviations | |
Appendices | |
Index of Mythical Historical and Literary Figures | |
Index to Maps | |
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