| Description |
vi, 182 pages : map ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
European problem studies
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| Contents |
1 The problem: Alexander as a creation of historians : "There have been many Alexanders" / C.B. Welles ; In defense of one's own Alexander / C.A. Robinson, Jr. -- 2 The ancient sources : The nature of the evidence / Eugene N. Borza ; Alexander in Egypt / The ancient sources ; Anabasis of Alexander / Arrian ; Life of Alexander / Putarch ; Library of history / Diodorus Siculus ; History of Alexander / Quintus Curtius ; epitome of P. Trogus / Justin ; Geography / Strabo (Callisthenes) -- 3 Alexander and the Asians ; The middle East / A.R. Burn ; Central Asia / Mortimer Wheeler ; India / A.K. Anrain ; The policy of fusion / Ulrich Wilcken -- 4 The brotherhood of mankind: A revolution in social thought? : The unity of mankind: A new social philosophy / W.W. Tarn ; No evidence for the dream / E. Badian -- 5 Alexander's personal motivations : Pothos / V. Ehrenberg ; The struggle for personal independence / E. Badian ; The search of identity / Ramon I. Harris -- 6 Alexander's achievement : "A supreme fertilizing force" / W.W. Tarn ; Gaining immortality / D.G. Hogarth ; The conquest of Persia / C.B. Welles ; "No permanent impression" / A.R. Burn ; The economic view / Ulrich Wilcken -- 7 What iF? : "If Alexander the great had lived on" / Arnold Toynbee. |
| Subject |
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
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Macedonia -- History -- Ancient to 168 B.C.
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| ISBN |
0030900001 |
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