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Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction, Paperback by Bosworth, A. B. (EDT); Baynham, Elizabeth J. (EDT), ISBN 0199252750, ISBN-13 9780199252756, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Ten essays from a symposium held at Newcastle University in 1997, which examine the general themes of kingship and imperialism by focusing on the romances that surround Alexander.

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

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Book TitleAlexander the Great in Fact and Fiction

Number of Pages380 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAncient / Greece

Publication Year2002

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorE. J. Baynham

FormatUk-Trade Paper

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Dewey Edition21

ReviewsA full bibliography and a useful index complete this valuable contribution to Alexander scholarship. In sum, the specialist and the student alike are served equally well ... highly recommended., "Bosworth presents an excellent overview of the current state of Alexander scholarship, including the problems of the paucity of ancient source material and the bias found within what has survived...Alexander the Great in Fact and Fictionis essential reading for all Alexander scholars and enthusiasts."--History: Reviews of New Books "A necessary volume for anyone interested in the continuing and growing mountain of modern scholarship on Alexander, the Macedonians, and the Hellenistic period."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review, For those whose interest in Alexander has been stirred, as well as for students of the period, this collection must become compulsory reading., 'Review from previous edition For those whose interest in Alexander has been stirred, as well as for students of the period, this collection must become compulsory reading.'Contemporary Review, "Bosworth presents an excellent overview of the current state of Alexander scholarship, including the problems of the paucity of ancient source material and the bias found within what has survived...Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction is essential reading for all Alexander scholars and enthusiasts."--History: Reviews of New Books"A necessary volume for anyone interested in the continuing and growing mountain of modern scholarship on Alexander, the Macedonians, and the Hellenistic period."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review, "Bosworth presents an excellent overview of the current state of Alexander scholarship, including the problems of the paucity of ancient source material and the bias found within what has survived...Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction is essential reading for all Alexander scholars and enthusiasts."--History: Reviews of New Books "A necessary volume for anyone interested in the continuing and growing mountain of modern scholarship on Alexander, the Macedonians, and the Hellenistic period."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Dewey Decimal938.07/092 B

Table Of ContentIntroductionA Tale of Two Empires: Alexander the reat and Hernán CortésConspiraciesAlexander the Great and PanhellenismAlexander the Great and the Kingdom of AsiaHephaestion's Pyre and Alexander's Royal HuntPtolemy and the Will of AlexanderA Baleful Birth in Babylon: The Significance of the Prodigy in the Liber de Morte. An Investigation of GenreArtifice and Alexander HistoryPolybius, Alexander the Great and Hieronymous of CardiaOriginality and its Limits in the Alexander Sources of the Early Empire

SynopsisThis book collects together ten contributions by leading scholars in the field of Alexander studies which represent the most advanced scholarship in this area., This book collects together ten contributions by leading experts in the field of Alexander studies which represent the most advanced scholarship in this area. They span the gamut between historical reconstruction and historiographical research, and viewed as a whole represent a wide spectrum of methodology. This first English collection of essays on Alexander includes a comparison of the Spanish conquest of Mexico with the Macedonians in the east which examines the attitudes towards the subject peoples and the justification of conquest, an analysis of the attested conspiracies at the Macedonian and Persian courts, and studies of panhellenic ideology and the concept of kingship. There is a radical new interpretation of the hunting fresco from Tomb II at Vergina, a new date for the pamphlet on Alexander's last days which ends the Alexander romance, and a re-interpretation of the bizarre portents of his death. Three chapters on historiography address the problem of interpreting Alexander's attested behaviour, the indirect source tradition used by Polybius, and the resonances of contemporary politics in the extant histories., This book collects together ten contributions by leading scholars in the field of Alexander studies which represent the most advanced scholarship in this area. They span the gamut between historical reconstruction and historiographical research, and, viewed as a whole, represent a wide spectrum of methodology. This first English collection of essays on Alexander includes a comparison of the Spanish conquest of Mexico with the Macedonians in the east which examines the attitudes towards the subject peoples and the justification of conquest, an analysis of the attested conspiracies at the Macedonian and Persian courts, and studies of panhellenic ideology and the concept of kingship. There is a radical new interpretation of the hunting fresco from Tomb II at Vergina, and a new date for the pamphlet on Alexander's death which ends the Alexander Romance. Three chapters on historiography address the problem of interpreting Alexander's attested behavior, the indirect source tradition used by Polybius, and the resonances of contemporary politics in the extant histories.