Alexander the Great
A New History
1. Edition February 2009
388 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Alexander the Great: A New History combines traditional scholarship with contemporary research to offer an innovative treatment of one of history's most famous figures.
Alexander the Great has been studied and reinterpreted in every culture, from the great thinkers of the Hellenistic age to twenty-first century Hollywood. Alexander the Great: A New History offers an innovative treatment of one of history's most famous figures.
Bringing together leading experts in the field, this book combines traditional scholarship with contemporary research to examine a number of intriguing subjects in Alexander studies. The volume explores such diverse topics as Alexander's religious views, his entourage during his campaign East, his sexuality, the influence of his legacy, and later representations in art and cinema. Reappraisals of the Macedonian army and Macedonian relations with the Greeks complement these new approaches to Alexander's reign.
2. The Epigraphic Evidence.
3. The Numismatic Evidence.
4. The Archaeological and Art Historical Evidence.
5. The Macedonian Background.
6. Alexander: the last Achaemenid.
7. Alexander and the Greeks.
8. Alexander and the Barbarians.
9. Alexander as a war leader.
10. Alexander's court.
11. Heroes, cults and divinity.
12. Alexander's Sex Life.
13. After Alexander: the Succession and the Diadochs.
14. Alexander's Image in the Hellenistic World.
15. The Roman Alexander.
16. Jewish, Christian and Muslim Alexanders.
Sources for further reading.
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Chronological table.
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Note: the first 4 chapters will be shorter than the others
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.
