Brill's companion to Alexander the Great /

Many important issues surrounding Alexander the Great's conquest have captured the interest of scholars and general readers since antiquity. This book acquaints us with these issues and their current interpretations, and opens up new directions of investigation as it confronts them. It covers a...

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Other Authors: Roisman, Joseph, 1946-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Series: Brill's Companions to Classical Studies.
Brill's Companions in Classical Studies Online I, ISBN: 9789004219274.

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Call Number: DF234 .B75 2003

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material /
  • Joseph Roisman
  • Chapter One: The Ancient Evidence for Alexander the Great /
  • Elizabeth Baynham
  • Chapter Two: Alexander in Greek and Roman Art /
  • Andrew Stewart
  • Chapter Three: Alexander, Philip, and the Macedonian Background /
  • Ian Worthington
  • Chapter Four: Alexander and the Greeks /
  • Michele Faraguna
  • Chapter Five: Alexander: The Military Campaign /
  • Barry S. Strauss
  • Chapter Six: The Indian Campaigns, 327-325 BC /
  • A. Brian Bosworth
  • Chapter Seven: Alexander and the Persians /
  • Maria Brosius
  • Chapter Eight: King and \'Companions:\' Observations on the Nature of Power in the Reign of Alexander /
  • Waldemar Heckel
  • Chapter Nine: Women in Alexander's Court /
  • Elizabeth D. Gamey
  • Chapter Ten: Alexander's Religion and Divinity /
  • Ernst Fredricksmeyer
  • Chapter Eleven: Honor in Alexander's Campaign /
  • Joseph Roisman
  • Chapter Twelve: The legacy of Alexander in Ancient Philosophy /
  • Richard Stoneman
  • Chapter Thirteen: Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Conflict /
  • Loring M. DarifOrth
  • Bibliography /
  • Joseph Roisman
  • Index /
  • Joseph Roisman.