Sources for Alexander the Great: An Analysis of Plutarch's 'Life' and Arrian's 'Anabasis Alexandrou'Cambridge University Press, 11 mar 1993 - 345 Plutarch and Arrian have contributed more than any other ancient authors to our picture of Alexander the Great, but since they wrote four or more centuries after his death the value of what they said depends upon the sources of information on which they themselves drew. In this book the attempt is made (surprisingly for the first time) to define and to evaluate those sources in a detailed study, analysing the historians' works section by section and comparing them with other accounts of the same episodes. Plutarch and Arrian rank among the finest writers of antiquity, and their charm is not ignored in this appreciative study. Professor Hammond maintains that a close analysis of the sources is essential for a balanced view of the history of Alexander the Great. After writing his Alexander the Great: King, Commander and Statesman (1980; 2nd edn 1989) he published Three Historians of Alexander the Great on Diodorus, Justin and Curtius (Cambridge University Press, 1983). The present book completes his study of the five Alexander-historians and lays a new basis for work in this area. This book will be of particular value to ancient historians but also has much to offer to anyone seriously interested in the life of Alexander the Great. |
Spis treści
Prolegomena I | 1 |
Part One Plutarchs sources for the narrative passages 1 Alexanders origin boyhood and relations with Philip | 5 |
Balkan campaign sack of Thebes and landing in Asia | 24 |
The set battles in Asia | 32 |
Alexander and Darius | 45 |
Phoenicia Egypt Mesopotamia and Parthia | 55 |
Conspiracies and Callisthenes | 84 |
Bactria India and Carmania ΙΟΙ | 108 |
Part Two 10 Plutarchs reflective passages and Alexanders personality | 163 |
Part Three Arrians sources for the Anabasis Alexandrou II The methodology of Arrian | 189 |
From Macedonia to the Tanaïs | 211 |
From the Tanaïs to the Indus valley | 236 |
Advance from Nysa and return to the Hydaspes | 248 |
From the Hydaspes to Persepolis | 261 |
The last year of Alexanders life | 280 |
Part Four 17 The personality of Arrian and his choice and use of sources | 313 |
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