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245 00 Alexander the Great :|ba new history /|cedited by Waldemar
Heckel & Lawrence A. Tritle.
260 Oxford :|bBlackwell,|c2007.
300 208 p.
505 0 Contributors. List of figures. Maps. Preface &
acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Chronological Table.
Introduction ( The Editors ). 1. The Macedonian Background
( Michael Zahrnt ). 2. Alexander's Conquests ( Waldemar
Heckel ). 3. After Alexander: the Diadochoi ( Patrick
Wheatley ). 4. Alexander's Image in the Age of the
Successors ( Alexander Meeus ). 5. King and Army (
Waldemar Heckel ). 6. The Court of Alexander as Social
System ( Gregor Weber ). 7. Alexander and the Greeks: the
Corinthian League ( Elisabetta Poddighe ). 8. Alexander
and the Greeks, II: Artists and Soldiers, Friends and
Enemies ( Lawrence A. Tritle ). 9. The Empire of Darius
III in Perspective ( Pierre Briant ). 10. Alexander and
the Persian Empire, between "decline" and "renovation":
History and Historiography ( Pierre Briant ). 11.
Alexander and his "Terrible Mother" ( Elizabeth D. Carney
). 12. Alexander's Sex Life ( Daniel Ogden ). 13. Heroes,
Cults and Divinity ( Boris Dreyer ). 14. The Roman
Alexander ( Diana Spencer ). 15. The Construction of a New
Ideal: The Official Portraiture of Alexander the Great (
Catie Mihalopoulos ). 16. Power, Passion and Patrons:
Alexander, Charles Le Brun and Oliver Stone ( E.J. Baynham
). Bibliography. Index.
506 1 400 annual accesses.|5UkHlHU
520 8 'Alexander the Great' discusses topics such as Alexander's
religious views, his entourage during his campaign East,
his sexuality, the influence of his legacy, and his
representations in art and cinema.|bAlexander the Great: A
New History combines traditional scholarship with
contemporary research to offer an innovative treatment of
one of history's most famous figures. Written by leading
experts in the field Looks at a wide range of diverse
topics including Alexander's religious views, his
entourage during his campaign East, his sexuality, the
influence of his legacy, and his representations in art
and cinema Discusses Alexander's influence, from his
impact on his contemporaries to his portrayals in recent
Hollywood films A highly informed and enjoyable resource
for students and interested general readers Alexander the
Great has been studied and reinterpreted in every culture,
from the great thinkers of the Hellenistic age to twenty-
first century Hollywood. Alexander the Great: A New
History offers an innovative treatment of one of history's
most famous figures. Bringing together leading experts in
the field, this book combines traditional scholarship with
contemporary research to examine a number of intriguing
subjects in Alexander studies. The volume explores such
diverse topics as Alexander's religious views, his
entourage during his campaign East, his sexuality, the
influence of his legacy, and later representations in art
and cinema. Reappraisals of the Macedonian army and
Macedonian relations with the Greeks complement these new
approaches to Alexander's reign.
600 00 Alexander,|cthe Great,|d356 B.C.-323 B.C.
651 0 Macedonia|xKings and rulers|vBiography.
651 0 Greece|xHistory|yMacedonian Expansion, 359-232 B.C.
700 1 Heckel, Waldemar,|d1949-
700 1 Tritle, Lawrence A.,|d1946-
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