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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 November 2012
      28 September 2012
      ISBN:
      9781139049498
      9780521767484
      9780521148443
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139049498
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.47kg, 204 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.35kg, 208 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General)
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    Everything we know about Alexander comes from ancient sources, which agree unanimously that he was extraordinary and greater than everyday mortals. From his birth into a hypercompetitive world of royal women through his training under the eyes and fists of stern soldiers and the piercing intellect of Aristotle; through friendships, rivalries, conquests and negotiations; through acts of generosity and acts of murder, this book explains who Alexander was, what motivated him, where he succeeded (in his own eyes) and where he failed, and how he believed that he earned a new 'mixed' nature combining the human and the divine. This book explains what made Alexander 'Great' according to the people and expectations of his time and place and rejects modern judgments asserted on the basis of an implicit moral superiority to antiquity.

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    '… well edited … the authors have told an interesting tale and one whose argument provides an interesting foil to the bulk of contemporary Alexander scholarship.'

    David W. Madsen Source: Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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