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More About This Title Alexander The Great - A New History
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- Written by leading experts in the field
- Looks at a wide range of diverse topics including Alexander's religious views, his entourage during his campaign East, his sexuality, the influence of his legacy, and his representations in art and cinema
- Discusses Alexander's influence, from his impact on his contemporaries to his portrayals in recent Hollywood films
- A highly informed and enjoyable resource for students and interested general readers
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Lawrence A. Tritle is Professor of History at Loyola Marymount University. He is author and editor of The Peloponnesian War (2004), From Melos to My Lai. War and Survival (2000), The Greek World in the Fourth Century (1997) and Phocion the Good (1988), as well as numerous articles on Greek history.
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List of Figures vii
List of Contributors viii
Chronology ix
Preface and Acknowledgments xiv
Abbreviations xv
Journal and Serial Abbreviations xvii
Map xx
Introduction 1
1 The Macedonian Background 7
Michael Zahrnt
2 Alexander’s Conquest of Asia 26
Waldemar Heckel
3 The Diadochi, or Successors to Alexander 53
Patrick Wheatley
4 A King and His Army 69
Waldemar Heckel
5 The Court of Alexander the Great as Social System 83
Gregor Weber
6 Alexander and the Greeks 99
The Corinthian League
Elisabetta Poddighe
7 Alexander and the Greeks 121
Artists and Soldiers, Friends and Enemies
Lawrence A. Tritle
8 The Empire of Darius III in Perspective 141
Pierre Briant
9 Alexander and the Persian Empire, between “Decline” and “Renovation” 171
History and Historiography
Pierre Briant
10 Alexander and his “Terrible Mother” 189
Elizabeth D. Carney
11 Alexander’s Sex Life 203
Daniel Ogden
12 Heroes, Cults, and Divinity 218
Boris Dreyer
13 Alexander’s Image in the Age of the Successors 235
Alexander Meeus
14 Roman Alexanders 251
Epistemology and Identity
Diana Spencer
15 The Construction of a New Ideal 275
The Official Portraiture of Alexander the Great
Catie Mihalopoulos
16 Power, Passion, and Patrons 294
Alexander, Charles Le Brun, and Oliver Stone
E. J. Baynham
Bibliography 311
Index 349
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"This book is ... '[A] highly informed and enjoyable resource for students and interested general readers.' ... H. and T.'s collection of essays does offer is a synthesis of recent scholarship and current trends that will reward both the general and the specialized reader as well as stimulate further discussion." (The Classical Journal, November 2009)
"All in all this volume is certainly to be welcomed. At an affordable price it offers coverage of a comprehensive range of topics, with the 'big names' well represented among the contributors." (Scholia Reviews, 2009)
"In the many hundreds of books in print on Alexander the Great, few address the larger context of his career. This study by a team of distinguished international scholars, presenting the man, his background and legacy, and his on-going image, fulfills that need triumphantly."—Carol G. Thomas, The University of Washington
"Is there anything new to be written about Alexander? To judge from this excellent collection of essays, covering an unusually wide range of topics, the answer is most certainly yes."
—John Cherry, Brown University
