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A fabricaçaÌo de Alexandre Magno: habilidade poliÌtica e genialidade militar nas fontes antigas (336-331 AEC)
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Modanez de Sant'Anna, Henrique
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Coimbra Coimbra University Press 2021
- Language Note:
- Portuguese
- Summary:
- This book aims at criticizing the many literary presentations that praise Alexander the Great's political skills and military genius, with emphasis on the ancient accounts of the events between 336 and 331 A.E.C. and modern biographies written in English between the 1970s and the 2000s. Ancient historians and biographers (Diodorus Siculus, Curtius Rufus, Plutarch, Arrian and, occasionally, the epitome of Pompeius Trogus by Justin), who sometimes appear to be objective, other times work through a hyperbolic discourse, were studied. They present a similar view on Alexander and at the same time contradictory accounts on the narrated events. It is hoped, therefore, that this book will further the debate on the dynamics of presenting the deeds of the Macedonian who is considered to be one of the great leaders of ancient times.
- Este livro propoÌe uma criÌtica aÌs formulaçoÌes narrativas que enaltecem a habilidade poliÌtica e a genialidade militar de Alexandre Magno, com destaque para os relatos antigos sobre os eventos ocorridos entre 336 e 331 A.E.C. e para as biografias escritas em liÌngua inglesa entre a deÌcada de 1970 e os anos 2000. Optou-se pela anaÌlise das narrativas historiograÌficas e biograÌficas antigas (Diodoro SiÌculo, Quinto CuÌrcio, Plutarco, Arriano e, ocasionalmente, o epiÌtome de Pompeu Trogo escrito por Justino) que, ora com apareÌncia de crueza objetiva, ora de discurso hiperboÌlico, trazem percepçaÌo similar de Alexandre e relatos contraditoÌrios sobre os eventos narrados. Espera-se, com isso, que se possa pensar especialmente a dinaÌmica de apresentaçaÌo dos feitos do macedoÌnio considerado como um dos grandes liÌderes da Antiguidade.
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