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Download or read book The Landmark Arrian written by Arrian and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arrian’s Campaigns of Alexander, widely considered the most authoritative history of the brilliant leader’s great conquests, is the latest addition to the acclaimed Landmark series. After twelve years of hard-fought campaigns, Alexander the Great controlled a vast empire that was bordered by the Adriatic sea to the west and modern-day India to the east. Arrian, himself a military commander, combines his firsthand experience of battle with material from Ptolemy’s memoirs and other ancient sources to compose a singular portrait of Alexander. This vivid and engaging new translation of Arrian will fascinate readers who are interested in classical studies, the history of warfare, and the origins of East–West tensions still swirling in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan today. Enriched by the series’ trademark comprehensive maps, illustrations, and annotations, and with contributions from the preeminent classical scholars of today, The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander is the definitive edition of this essential work of ancient history.
Download or read book Alexander the Great written by Arrian and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'He was a man like no other man has ever been' So Arrian sums up the career of Alexander the Great of Macedon (356-323 BC), who in twelve years that changed the world led his army in conquest of a vast empire extending from the Danube to the rivers of the Punjab, from Egypt to Uzbekistan, and died in Babylon at the age of 32 with further ambitions unfulfilled. Arrian (c. 86-161 AD), a Greek man of letters who had experience of military command and of the highest political office in both Rome and Athens, set out to write the definitive account of Alexander's life and campaigns, published as the Anabasis and its later companion piece the Indica . His work is now our prime and most detailed extant source for the history of Alexander, and it is a dramatic story, fast-moving like its main subject, and told with great narrative skill. Arrian admired Alexander and was fascinated by him, but was also alive to his faults: he presents a compelling account of an exceptional leader, brilliant, ruthless, passionate, and complex. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Book Synopsis Alexander the Great in Arrian’s ›Anabasis‹ by : Vasileios Liotsakis
Download or read book Alexander the Great in Arrian’s ›Anabasis‹ written by Vasileios Liotsakis and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arrian’s Alexandrou Anabasis constitutes the most reliable account at our disposal about Alexander the Great's campaign in Asia. However, whereas the work has been thoroughly studied as a historical source, its literary qualities have been relatively neglected, with no autonomous monograph existing on this matter. Vasileios Liotsakis fills this gap in the studies of Alexander the Great’s literary tradition, by offering the first monograph on Arrian’s compositional strategies. Liotsakis focuses on the narrative techniques and verbal choices, through which Arrian allows praise and criticism to intermingle in his portrait of the Macedonian king. His main point of argument is that Arrian systematically exploits an abundance of narrative means (military descriptions, presentation of peoples, march-narratives, anachronies, and epic elements) in order to draw the reader’s attention not only to Alexander’s intellectual skills but also to the fact that the king was gradually corrupted by his success. This book puts Arrian’s literary contrivances under the microscope, sheds new light on unexplored aspects of the Anabasis’ narrative arrangement, and contributes to the studies of Alexander’s prosopography in Classical historiography.
Book Synopsis Arrian the Historian by : Daniel W. Leon
Download or read book Arrian the Historian written by Daniel W. Leon and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first centuries of the Roman Empire, Greek intellectuals wrote a great many texts modeled on the dialect and literature of Classical Athens, some 500 years prior. Among the most successful of these literary figures were sophists, whose highly influential display oratory has been the prevailing focus of scholarship on Roman Greece over the past fifty years. Often overlooked are the period’s historians, who spurned sophistic oral performance in favor of written accounts. One such author is Arrian of Nicomedia. Daniel W. Leon examines the works of Arrian to show how the era's historians responded to their sophistic peers’ claims of authority and played a crucial role in theorizing the past at a time when knowledge of history was central to defining Greek cultural identity. Best known for his history of Alexander the Great, Arrian articulated a methodical approach to the study of the past and a notion of historical progress that established a continuous line of human activity leading to his present and imparting moral and political lessons. Using Arrian as a case study in Greek historiography, Leon demonstrates how the genre functioned during the Imperial Period and what it brings to the study of the Roman world in the second century.
Book Synopsis The Campaigns of Alexander by : Arrian
Download or read book The Campaigns of Alexander written by Arrian and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-07-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's account of the man and his achievements is the most reliable we have. Arrian's own experience as a military commander gave him unique insights into the life of the world's greatest conqueror. He tells of Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his defeat of Persia and campaigns through Egypt and Babylon - establishing new cities and destroying others in his path. While Alexander emerges as a charismatic leader, Arrian succeeds brilliantly in creating an objective portrait of a man of boundless ambition, who was exposed to the temptations of power.
Book Synopsis Arrian's History of the Expedition of Alexander the Great, and Conquest of Persia by : Arrian
Download or read book Arrian's History of the Expedition of Alexander the Great, and Conquest of Persia written by Arrian and published by . This book was released on 1812 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis From Arrian to Alexander by : A. B. Bosworth
Download or read book From Arrian to Alexander written by A. B. Bosworth and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a new perspective on the sources of Alexander's reign by rigorously examining the methods of historians of the time, particularly those of Arrian. Revealing Arrian's attitude toward his subject matter, approach to sources, techniques in writing speeches, and the degree to which he imposed his own judgement of his subject matter, Bosworth presents a clearer and more accurate picture of the persona of Alexander the Great, while offering new insights into two vital problems of documentation--the Royal Journals and the purported Last Plans.
Download or read book Alexander The Great written by James Romm and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2005-03-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising relevant selections from the four ancient writers whose portraits of Alexander the Great still survive--Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius--this volume provides a complete narrative of the important events in Alexander's life. The Introduction sets these works in historical context, stretching from the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War through Alexander's conquest of Asia, and provides an assessment of Alexander's historical importance as well as a survey of the central controversies surrounding his personality, aims and intentions. This edition includes a timeline, maps, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index.
Book Synopsis Ancient India as Described by Megasthenês and Arrian by : Megasthenes
Download or read book Ancient India as Described by Megasthenês and Arrian written by Megasthenes and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Life of Alexander the Great by : Flavius Arrianus
Download or read book The Life of Alexander the Great written by Flavius Arrianus and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Anabasis of Alexander ... by : Arrian
Download or read book The Anabasis of Alexander ... written by Arrian and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Manual For Living by : Epictetus
Download or read book The Manual For Living written by Epictetus and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MANUAL FOR LIVING is the first and best primer for living the best possible life -- as helpful in the twenty-first century as it was in the first. Epictetus's teachings rank among the greatest wisdom texts of human civilization. Epictetus taught that philosophy is a way of life and not just a theoretical discipline. To Epictetus, all external events are beyond our control; we should accept calmly and dispassionately whatever happens. However, individuals are responsible for their own actions, which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline. By putting into practice the ninety-three wise instructions that make up The Art of Living, readers learn to successfully meet the challenges of everyday life.
Download or read book Arrian's Key written by Jamie Boltman and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lillie has kept her secrets for almost eighteen years. Now, as her birthday approaches, she's going to learn just how dangerous her secrets can be. Lillie Karmichael doesn't know her parents or where she's from. all she knows for certain is that she was found as a baby and that she isn't normal. She has abilities no one else has. Men are drawn to her—brothers, sons, boyfriends, and husbands—and she doesn't know why. Then, Kyle comes along. He's dark and mysterious and seems to know more about her than she does. He says he's her Protector, sent by her parents to bring her home, back to a kingdom called Arrian. Kyle Draving has watched over Lillie since his father died. But there's a darker side to everything. A war is coming, one that may mean the destruction of the kingdom and so much more. And Lillie is the key. She has a power inside her that legends speak of—a power to save the kingdom or bring its destruction.
Book Synopsis Arrian : In Two Volumes by : Flavius Arrianus
Download or read book Arrian : In Two Volumes written by Flavius Arrianus and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Christianity of Stoicism: Or, Selections from Arrian's Discourses of Epictetus. [Translated by Elizabeth Carter.] By the Bishop of St. David's [Thomas Burgess]. by :
Download or read book The Christianity of Stoicism: Or, Selections from Arrian's Discourses of Epictetus. [Translated by Elizabeth Carter.] By the Bishop of St. David's [Thomas Burgess]. written by and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Christianity of Stoicism: or, Selections from Arrian's Discourses of Epictetus. Tr. by mrs. [E.] Carter, with her notes. [Ed.] by the bp. of St. David's by : Thomas Burgess (bp. of Salisbury)
Download or read book The Christianity of Stoicism: or, Selections from Arrian's Discourses of Epictetus. Tr. by mrs. [E.] Carter, with her notes. [Ed.] by the bp. of St. David's written by Thomas Burgess (bp. of Salisbury) and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alexander the Great written by Arrian and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2004-09-28 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising selections from the writings of Arrian, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius Rufus, this definitive biography of the greatest conqueror in history features an Introduction on Alexander's enduring legacy by acclaimed British television personality Michael Wood.