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Decapitation in Sources on Alexander the Great

Author : Marc Mendoza
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031191749
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Decapitation in Sources on Alexander the Great written by Marc Mendoza and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores cases of decapitation found in sources on the reign of Alexander the Great. Despite the enormous literature on the career of Alexander the Great, this is the first study on the characterisation of violent deaths during his hectic reign. This historiographical omission has involved the tacit and blind acceptance of the details found in the ancient sources. Therefore, this book seeks to illustrate how cultural expectations, literary models, and ideological taboos shaped these accounts and argues for a close and critical reading of the sources. Given the different cultural considerations surrounding decapitation in Greek and Roman cultures, this book illustrates how those biases could have differently shaped certain episodes depending on the ultimate writer. This book, therefore, can be especially interesting for scholars focused on the career of Alexander the Great, but also valuable for other Classicists, philologists, and even for anthropologists because it represents a good case of study of cultural symbolism of violent death, semantics of power, imperial domination and the confrontation between opposite cultural appreciations of a practice.

Sources for Alexander the Great

Author : Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521432641
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Sources for Alexander the Great written by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-03-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plutarch and Arrian have contributed more than any other ancient authors to our picture of Alexander the Great, but since they wrote four or more centuries after his death the value of what they said depends upon the sources of information on which they themselves drew. In this 1993 book the attempt is made to define and to evaluate those sources in a detailed study, analysing the historians' works section by section and comparing them with other accounts of the same episodes. This volume completes Professor Hammond's study of the five Alexander-historians begun with Three Historians of Alexander the Great (Cambridge University Press, 1983) and lays a basis for work in this area.

Three Historians of Alexander the Great

Author : N. G. L. Hammond
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521036535
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (365 download)

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Book Synopsis Three Historians of Alexander the Great by : N. G. L. Hammond

Download or read book Three Historians of Alexander the Great written by N. G. L. Hammond and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our knowledge of Alexander the Great is derived from the widely varying accounts of five authors who wrote three and more centuries after his death. The value of each account can be determined in detail only by discovering the source from which it drew, section by section, whether from a contemporary document, a memoir by a companion of Alexander, a hostile critique or a romanticizing narrative. In this book the three earliest accounts are studied in depth, and it becomes apparent that each author used more than one source, and that only occasionally did any two of them or all three use the same source for an incident or a series of incidents. This book will be of value to ancient historians and of interest also to those studying Alexander the Great.

Alexander The Great

Author : Graham Phillips
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0753535823
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Alexander The Great written by Graham Phillips and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MURDER IN BABYLON is a real-life historical detective story: a true tale of murder and mystery that has remained untold for over two thousand years. Recreating the scene of the crime to reveal eight suspects, each with the motive and opportunity to have assassinated the king. Graham Phillips uncovers a maze of intrigue, power-play and romantic tragedy that led inevitably towards Alexander's death. Ultimately, in a dramatic twist in the tale, the murderer is finally unveiled.

Ghost on the Throne

Author : James Romm
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307456609
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Ghost on the Throne written by James Romm and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs—a mentally damaged half brother, Philip III, and an infant son, Alexander IV, born after his death—were jointly granted the kingship. But six of Alexander’s Macedonian generals, spurred by their own thirst for power and the legend that Alexander bequeathed his rule “to the strongest,” fought to gain supremacy. Perhaps their most fascinating and conniving adversary was Alexander’s former Greek secretary, Eumenes, now a general himself, who would be the determining factor in the precarious fortunes of the royal family. James Romm, professor of classics at Bard College, brings to life the cutthroat competition and the struggle for control of the Greek world’s greatest empire.

The Death of Alexander the Great

Author : Andrew Chugg
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0955679028
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book The Death of Alexander the Great written by Andrew Chugg and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most influential account of the career of Alexander the Great was penned by Cleitarchus the son of Deinon, a Greek writing in Alexandria in the decades after Alexander's death. Most of the surviving ancient texts on Alexander were more or less based upon his work, but every single copy of the original was discarded or destroyed in antiquity. The question is: how far might it be possible to reconstruct it from the secondary writings? In response, this book presents an extensive reconstruction of Cleitarchus' account of the death of Alexander the Great in the stifling summer heat of Babylon in 323BC. It sweeps through a dramatic series of antecedent episodes culminating in the funeral of Hephaistion. Soon after it climaxes with Alexander's own expiry, then thunders on into the shock and chaos of the aftermath in a text studded with eulogistic orations and scintillating speeches. It is a must for any fascinated by the deep political undercurrents that streamed beneath a pivotal event in our history.

The Lost Histories of Alexander the Great

Author : Lionel Pearson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Histories of Alexander the Great written by Lionel Pearson and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Alexander the Great, King, Commander, and Statesman

Author : Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond
Publisher : William Andrew
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alexander the Great, King, Commander, and Statesman written by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond and published by William Andrew. This book was released on 1980 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Alexander the Great: Volume 2, Sources and Studies

Author : W. W. Tarn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521531375
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book Alexander the Great: Volume 2, Sources and Studies written by W. W. Tarn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-11 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tarn's Alexander the Great has become a classic and its importance for subsequent Alexander studies can hardly be exaggerated.

Alexander the Great

Author : Waldemar Heckel
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alexander the Great written by Waldemar Heckel and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2009 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Alexander the Great

Author : P. C. Doherty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Alexander the Great written by P. C. Doherty and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As he lay siege to the world Alexander harboured the belief he was the son of God and desired everlasting glory by conquering all to the ends of the earth. The Death of Alexander analyses this outstanding figure who achieved so much before his premature end. He was an enigma, a man who wanted to be a god, a Greek who wanted to be Persian, a defender of liberties who spent most of his life taking away the liberties of others, and a king who could be compassionate yet ruthlessly wipe out an ancient city like Tyre and crucify 3,000 of its defenders along the seashore. The Death of Alexander also scrutinizes the circumstances surrounding the young king's death in the summer palace of the Persian kings. Did Alexander die of alcohol poisoning? Or where there other, more sinister factors involved? Alexander had been warned not to enter Babylon. The holy man, Calanus of India, before he had climbed on his own funeral pyre, warned Alexander he would meet him in Babylon. So was his death there so predictable? The great general had surrounded himself with outstanding captains of war. Did these aggressive, violent and ambitious men have a hand in Alexander's death? Were they tired of Alexander

Alexander the Great

Author : Keyne Cheshire
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521707099
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Alexander the Great written by Keyne Cheshire and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient History.

History of Alexander the Great

Author : Jacob Abbott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book History of Alexander the Great written by Jacob Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Alexander the Great

Author : Waldemar Heckel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Alexander the Great written by Waldemar Heckel and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Conquests of Alexander the Great

Author : Waldemar Heckel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107394651
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Conquests of Alexander the Great written by Waldemar Heckel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Waldemar Heckel traces the rise and eventual fall of one of the most successful military commanders in history. In 325 BCE, Alexander and his conquering army prepared to return home, after overcoming everything in their path: armies, terrain, climate, all invariably hostile. Little did they know that within two years their beloved king would be dead and their labours seemingly wasted. Tracing the rise and eventual fall of one of the most successful military commanders in history, Heckel engagingly and with great detail shows us how Alexander earned his appellation, The Great.

Empire of Images

Author : Alyson Roy
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111326632
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Empire of Images written by Alyson Roy and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-04-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rome was an empire of images, especially images that bolstered their imperial identity. Visual and material items portraying battles, myths, captives, trophies, and triumphal parades were particularly important across the Roman empire. But where did these images originate and what shaped them? Empire of Images explores the development of the Roman visual language of power in the Republic in Iberian Peninsula, the Gallic provinces, and Greece and Macedonia, centering the development of imperial imagery in overseas conquest. Drawing on a range of material evidence, this book argues that Roman imperial imagery developed through prolonged interaction with and adaptation by subjugated peoples. Despite their starring role in Roman imagery, the populations of Rome’s provinces continuously reinterpreted and reimagined Roman images of power to navigate their membership in the new imperial community, and in doing so, contributed to the creation of a universal visual language that continues to shape how Rome is understood.

Alexander

Author : Guy Maclean Rogers
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812972716
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Alexander written by Guy Maclean Rogers and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2005-10-11 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legend–and an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant in battle, he conquered most of the known world, only to die mysteriously at the age of thirty-two. In his day he was revered as a god; in our day he has been reviled as a mass murderer, a tyrant as brutal as Stalin or Hitler. Who was the man behind the mask of power? Why did Alexander embark on an unprecedented program of global domination? What accounted for his astonishing success on the battlefield? In this luminous new biography, the esteemed classical scholar and historian Guy MacLean Rogers sifts through thousands of years of history and myth to uncover the truth about this complex, ambiguous genius. Ascending to the throne of Macedonia after the assassination of his father, King Philip II, Alexander discovered while barely out of his teens that he had an extraordinary talent and a boundless appetite for military conquest. A virtuoso of violence, he was gifted with an uncanny ability to visualize how a battle would unfold, coupled with devastating decisiveness in the field. Granicus, Issos, Gaugamela, Hydaspes–as the victories mounted, Alexander’s passion for conquest expanded from cities to countries to continents. When Persia, the greatest empire of his day, fell before him, he marched at once on India, intending to add it to his holdings. As Rogers shows, Alexander’s military prowess only heightened his exuberant sexuality. Though his taste for multiple partners, both male and female, was tolerated, Alexander’s relatively enlightened treatment of women was nothing short of revolutionary. He outlawed rape, he placed intelligent women in positions of authority, and he chose his wives from among the peoples he conquered. Indeed, as Rogers argues, Alexander’s fascination with Persian culture, customs, and sexual practices may have led to his downfall, perhaps even to his death. Alexander emerges as a charismatic and surprisingly modern figure–neither a messiah nor a genocidal butcher but one of the most imaginative and daring military tacticians of all time. Balanced and authoritative, this brilliant portrait brings Alexander to life as a man, without diminishing the power of the legend.