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Alexander the Great : the unique history of Quintus Curtius / Elizabeth Baynham.
LIBRA DF234 .B356 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baynham, Elizabeth, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
- Alexander.
- Curtius Rufus, Quintus. Historia Alexandri Magni.
- Curtius Rufus, Quintus.
- Generals--Greece--Biography.
- Generals.
- History.
- Historiography.
- Greece.
- Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C--Historiography.
- Greece--Kings and rulers--Biography--History and criticism.
- Kings and rulers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 237 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Alexander the Great has remained a source of fascination since antiquity. Literary tradition surrounding the Macedonian conqueror is rich, contradictory, and complex. In order to investigate what aspects of Alexander's person and reign interested ancient writers, scholar Elizabeth Baynham examines their sources and motivations. The result is a solid contribution to studies of Alexander and of Greek and Roman history.
- Contents:
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- "Roman" Curtius
- Quintus Curtius' sources and his historical methods
- Fortuna
- Regnum in the First Pentad: Alexander and Darius
- Regnum in the Second Pentad: Alexander, king, general, and tyrant
- Appendix: the problem of Curtius' date and identity
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-225) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0472108581
- OCLC:
- 39169901
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