Alexander the Great: Historical Sources in Translation (Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History)

ISBN-13: 9780631228202......Page 1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Plates viii......Page 9
List of Abbreviations ix......Page 10
Preface xi......Page 12
Map: Alexander’s Campaigns, 334–323 BC xii......Page 13
Stemma 2: The Family of Olympias xiv......Page 15
Translator’s Note xv......Page 16
Introduction xvi......Page 17
Early History of Macedonia 1......Page 32
Macedonians and Greeks: Language, Culture, Attitudes 7......Page 38
The King, Aristocracy, and Macedonian Institutions 12......Page 43
II Philip II, Father of Alexander the Great 19......Page 50
Philip’s Marriages 20......Page 51
Philip’s Death 21......Page 52
A Comparison of Philip and Alexander 28......Page 59
Alexander’s Parents and Mythical Ancestors 30......Page 61
Alexander’s Siblings: A Warlike Half-Sister and a Mentally Defective Half-Brother 31......Page 62
Alexander’s Education 35......Page 66
Alexander’s Body 36......Page 67
Alexander’s Attitude towards Sex 39......Page 70
Alexander’s Drinking, Personal Habits, and Health 42......Page 73
Alexander and Bucephalas 45......Page 76
The Empire before Alexander’s Accession 54......Page 85
Persian Wealth and Displays of Opulence 56......Page 87
Death of Darius III 65......Page 96
The Panhellenic Crusade 72......Page 103
Alexander’s Punishment of those Greeks who Opposed Him 73......Page 104
Greek Ambassadors to the Great King Captured by Alexander 77......Page 108
Resistance to Alexander in his Absence 79......Page 110
Alexander and the Greek Cities of Asia Minor 87......Page 118
Financial Resources and Military Strength 90......Page 121
Major Battles 93......Page 124
Sieges and Smaller Battles 139......Page 170
Alexander Adopts Persian Dress and Practices 175......Page 206
The Attempt to Introduce Proskynesis 178......Page 209
Mixed Marriages 182......Page 213
The Epigoni and the Appointment of Orientals in the Army 185......Page 216
The Persian Seal 186......Page 217
The Tomb of Cyrus the Great 187......Page 218
Macedonian Reaction to Alexander’s Orientalism 188......Page 219
Alexander and his “Mothers”: Olympias, Ada, and Sisygambis 189......Page 220
The Captive Persian Queens 192......Page 223
The Amazon Queen 196......Page 227
Timocleia of Thebes 199......Page 230
The Wife of Spitamenes 200......Page 231
Alexander and Roxane 202......Page 233
Alexander and Cleophis 205......Page 236
Imitation and Emulation of Achilles, Heracles, and Dionysus 208......Page 239
The Gordian Knot 214......Page 245
Amun (Ammon) and Alexander’s “Divinity” 217......Page 248
General Account of Alexander’s Savagery 223......Page 254
Alexander the Lyncestian 224......Page 255
The Elimination of Philotas and Parmenion 227......Page 258
Cleitus 243......Page 274
Callisthenes and the Hermolaus Conspiracy 250......Page 281
Coenus Opposes Alexander at the Hyphasis (Beas) River 259......Page 290
Rivalry between Craterus and Hephaestion 262......Page 293
Harpalus, Alexander’s Imperial Treasurer 263......Page 294
The “Opis Mutiny” 266......Page 297
Death of Alexander 272......Page 303
Rumors of Poisoning 280......Page 311
The Hypomnemata and the Final Plans of Alexander 290......Page 321
Alexander’s Will and the Division of Power after his Death 291......Page 322
Did the Romans Send an Embassy to Alexander? 294......Page 325
Could Alexander have Conquered the Romans? 296......Page 327
Roman Imitation and Emulation of Alexander 299......Page 330
XIII Cities Founded by Alexander 303......Page 334
Alexandria in Egypt 306......Page 337
Alexandria in the Hindu Kush (Parapamisus) 307......Page 338
Alexandria-Eschate (Alexandria on the Iaxartes) 308......Page 339
Alexandria in Susiana 309......Page 340
Foundations Amongst the Cossaeans 310......Page 341
Glossary 311......Page 342
Bibliography 315......Page 346
Index 327......Page 358