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The Cambridge Companion to Alexander the Great

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Part of Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World

Editor: Daniel Ogden, University of Exeter

Daniel Ogden, Borja Antela Bernárdez, Ed Anson, Timothy Howe, Sabine Müller,Richard Stoneman, Joseph Roisman, Carol J. King, Bill Greenwalt, Jeanne Reames, Elizabeth Carney, Hugh Bowden, Carolyn Willekes, F. S. Naiden, Kyle Erickson, Maxim Kholod, Ignacio Molina Marín, Daniel W. Leon, Philip Bosman, Elizabeth Baynham, Frances Pownall, Luisa Prandi, Christian Djurslev, Daniel Ogden, Sulochana Asirvatham, Christian Djurslev, Aleksandra Kleczar, Agnieszka Fulińska

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Date Published: January 2024
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9781108744676

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Has any ancient figure captivated the imagination of people over the centuries so much as Alexander the Great? In less than a decade he created an empire stretching across much of the Near East as far as India, which led to Greek culture becoming dominant in much of this region for a millennium. Here, an international team of experts clearly explains the life and career of one of the most significant figures in world history. They introduce key themes of his campaign as well as describing aspects of his court and government and exploring the very different natures of his engagements with the various peoples he encountered and their responses to him. The reader is also introduced to the key sources, including the more important fragmentary historians, especially Ptolemy, Aristobulus and Clitarchus, with their different perspectives. The book closes by considering how Alexander's image was manipulated in antiquity itself.
- Offers a detailed survey of Alexander's career articulated principally in terms of the regions he conquered or with which he interacted in the course of his campaign
- Singles out for special treatment a range of over-arching themes relating to Alexander's campaign
- Pays special attention to ancient sources we depend on for knowledge of Alexander, their potential biases, and the different ways in which they present their portraits of him
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- Date Published: January 2024
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108744676
- length: 612 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 150 x 30 mm
- weight: 0.965kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
I. Alexander's Life and Career:
1. Alexander's Birth and Childhood Daniel Ogden
2. The Crises Leading up to Alexander's Accession Daniel Ogden
3. Alexander and the Greeks Borja Antela Bernárdez
4. To the Ends of the World: What the Campaign was All About Ed Anson
5. Alexander and Egypt. Timothy Howe
6. Alexander and the Persian. Empire Sabine Müller
7. Alexander and India Richard Stoneman
8. Death, Burial, Last Plans and Aftermath Joseph Roisman
II. Contexts:
9. Macedon Carol J. King
10. Kingship Bill Greenwalt
11. Court and Companions Jeanne Reames
12. Changes and Challenges at Alexander's Court Jeanne Reames
13. The Women of Alexander's Court Elizabeth Carney
14. Religion Hugh Bowden
15. Army and Warfare Carolyn Willekes
16. Alexander's Modern Military Reputation F. S. Naiden
17. Finance and Coinage Kyle Erickson
18. Administration Maxim Kholod
19. Geography, Science and Knowledge of the World Ignacio Molina Marín
III. The Historical and Biographical Tradition:
20. Arrian's Alexander Daniel W. Leon
21. Plutarch's Alexander Philip Bosman
22. Curtius' Alexander Elizabeth Baynham
23. Ptolemy and Aristobulus Frances Pownall
24. Clitarchus' Alexander Luisa Prandi
25. Callisthenes, Chares, Nearchus, Onesicritus and the Mystery of the Royal Journal Christian Djurslev
IV. The Ancient World's Memory of Alexander:
26. The Successors and the Image of Alexander Daniel Ogden
27. Alexander and the Roman Emperors Sulochana Asirvatham
28. The Alexander Romance Christian Djurslev
29. Alexander in Jewish and Early Christian Literature Aleksandra Kleczar
30. Alexander in Ancient Art Agnieszka Fulińska
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Daniel Ogden, University of Exeter
DANIEL OGDEN is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Exeter. His previous publications include: Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death: The Hellenistic Dynasties (1999; 2nd ed., 2023); (ed.) The Hellenistic World: New Perspectives (2002); (co-ed. with Elizabeth Carney) Philip and Alexander: Father and Son, Lives and Afterlives (2010); Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality (2011); and The Legend of Seleucus (Cambridge, 2017).
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Daniel Ogden, Borja Antela Bernárdez, Ed Anson, Timothy Howe, Sabine Müller,Richard Stoneman, Joseph Roisman, Carol J. King, Bill Greenwalt, Jeanne Reames, Elizabeth Carney, Hugh Bowden, Carolyn Willekes, F. S. Naiden, Kyle Erickson, Maxim Kholod, Ignacio Molina Marín, Daniel W. Leon, Philip Bosman, Elizabeth Baynham, Frances Pownall, Luisa Prandi, Christian Djurslev, Daniel Ogden, Sulochana Asirvatham, Christian Djurslev, Aleksandra Kleczar, Agnieszka Fulińska