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Alexander the Great: a new history

2009; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 47; Issue: 01 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.47-0431

1943-5975

Waldemar Heckel, Lawrence A. Tritle,

Byzantine Studies and History

Contributors. List of figures. Maps. Preface & acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Chronological Table. Introduction ( The Editors ). 1. The Macedonian Background ( Michael Zahrnt ). 2. Alexander's Conquests ( Waldemar Heckel ). 3. After Alexander: the Diadochoi ( Patrick Wheatley ). 4. Alexander's Image in the Age of the Successors ( Alexander Meeus ). 5. King and Army ( Waldemar Heckel ). 6. The Court of Alexander as Social System ( Gregor Weber ). 7. Alexander and the Greeks: the Corinthian League ( Elisabetta Poddighe ). 8. Alexander and the Greeks, II: Artists and Soldiers, Friends and Enemies ( Lawrence A. Tritle ). 9. The Empire of Darius III in Perspective ( Pierre Briant ). 10. Alexander and the Persian Empire, between decline and renovation: History and Historiography ( Pierre Briant ). 11. Alexander and his Terrible Mother ( Elizabeth D. Carney ). 12. Alexander's Sex Life ( Daniel Ogden ). 13. Heroes, Cults and Divinity ( Boris Dreyer ). 14. The Roman Alexander ( Diana Spencer ). 15. The Construction of a New Ideal: The Official Portraiture of Alexander the Great ( Catie Mihalopoulos ). 16. Power, Passion and Patrons: Alexander, Charles Le Brun and Oliver Stone ( E.J. Baynham ). Bibliography. Index.