Alexander histories and Iranian reflections : remnants of propaganda and resistance / Parivash Jamzadeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jamzadeh, Parivash.

Series:

Studies in Persian Cultural History 3.

Studies in Persian cultural history, 2210-3554 ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C--Campaigns--Iran.

Greece.

Iran--History--Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C--Historiography.

Iran.

Iran--History--Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C--Propaganda.

Iran--History--Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C--Religious aspects.

Iran--History.

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C--Travel--Iran.

Alexander.

Darius I, King of Persia, 548 B.C.-485 B.C.

Darius.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 193 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Alexander the Great’s military campaign to conquer the Achaemenid empire included a propaganda campaign to convince the Iranians his kingship was compatible with their religious and cultural norms. This campaign proved so successful that the overt display of Alexander’s Iranian and Zoroastrian preferences alienated some of his Greek and Macedonian allies. Parivash Jamzadeh shows how this original propaganda material displayed multiple layers of Iranian influences. Additionally she demonstrates that the studied sources do not always offer an accurate account of the contemporary Iranian customs, and occasionally included historical inaccuracies. One of the most interesting finds in this study is the confusion of historical sources that arose between the opponents Darius III and Alexander. Jamzadeh argues that the Iranian propaganda regarding Alexander the Great has contributed to this confusion.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

I The Plight of the Achaemenid Royal Women

II Darius’ Letters to Alexander and the Responses: Ideology of Conquest in Retrospect

III The Campaign for Persia in Iranian and Zoroastrian Lights

IV Darius’ Last Days and Counter-Propagandas

V Bessus’ Fate

VI Alexander’s Persian Attire

VII Reflections from Darius I’s Rhetoric

VIII Zoroastrian Echoes in Alexander Histories

IX Iranian Echoes in Mutiny’s Accounts

X Alexander’s Final Days and Iranian Reflections

XI Alexander’s Entombment and Iranian Echoes

XII The Plight of Alexander’s Family

XIII Reverence for the Fravashī of Alexander

XIV Testimony of Zoroastrian Sources

XV Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-57897-2

9786613891426

90-04-21752-5

OCLC:

811491555

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004217522 DOI