Eumenes of Cardia : a Greek among Macedonians / by Edward M. Anson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anson, Edward, author.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; Volume 383.

Mnemosyne Supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, 2352-8656 ; Volume 383

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generals--Greece--Biography.

Generals.

Greece--History--Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C.

Greece.

Macedonia--History--Diadochi, 323-276 B.C.

Macedonia.

Eumenes, of Cardia, 362 B.C. or 361 B.C.-316 B.C. or 315 B.C.

Eumenes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

Second ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek Among Macedonians (2nd edition) updates the original work in light of a decade of scholarly activity and presents much new analysis influenced by this continuing scholarship. Eumenes of Cardia was a royal secretary who, in the years following the death of Alexander the Great became a major contender for power. Despite the fact that he had been chiefly an administrator rather than one of Alexander’s elite military commanders, and that he was a Greek from the city of Cardia, as opposed to a native Macedonian, Eumenes came close to securing control of the Asian remnants of Alexander’s empire. His history is important because our sources for the years immediately following the Conqueror’s death are dominated by the Cardian’s story. Moreover, his death marked in many respects the approaching end of the Macedonian dynasty of kings who had ruled Macedonia since the 8th c. BC, and his life illuminated both the nature of the Macedonian heritage and the possibilities of the new age ushered in by the conquests of the great Alexander.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Edward M. Anson

Introduction / Edward M. Anson

1 The Sources / Edward M. Anson

2 From Cardia to Babylon / Edward M. Anson

3 From Babylon to Cappadocia / Edward M. Anson

4 From Cappadocia to Triparadeisus / Edward M. Anson

5 “The Fickleness of Fortune” / Edward M. Anson

6 The Reckoning with Antigonus / Edward M. Anson

7 Greeks and Macedonians / Edward M. Anson

8 “A Greek among Macedonians” / Edward M. Anson

Bibliography / Edward M. Anson

Index / Edward M. Anson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical refererences and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-29717-0

OCLC:

912498833

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004297173 DOI