Research Catalog

Title

The historiography of Alexander the Great / edited by Krzysztof Nawotka, Robert Rollinger, Josef Wiesehöfer and Agnieszka Wojciechowska.

Publication

• Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2018.
• ©2018

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Additional Authors

• Nawotka, Krzysztof
• Rollinger, Robert
• Wiesehöfer, Josef
• Wojciechowska, Agnieszka

Description

vi, 258 pages : 1 illustration; 25 cm.

Summary

This volume tries to tackle the most serious problem facing modern Alexander the Great studies: that of inadequate sources. Its principal interest is in surviving ancient continuous accounts (Diodorus, Curtius Rufus, Plutarch, Arrian, and Justin), which are at least three hundred years younger than Alexander and in many ways one-sided in their Greek bias, often promoting the view of Alexander within the narrow bounds of a Western conqueror. The papers in this volume deconstruct these accounts and search for sources used by their authors, principally in narrative of eye-witnesses and other authors of the first generation after Alexander, including his court historian Callisthenes and his companions Onesicritus, Aristobulus, and Ptolemy. They search for fragments of ancient literary works known from papyri and for shadowy accounts created on the Persian side like the 'mercenaries' source'. Some papers look into propaganda patterns of the age of Alexander and their connections with clichés of Egyptian literature. Some investigate a parallel tradition on the last will of Alexander, enshrined in I Maccabees, and best known from the Alexander Romance. Finally, papers in this volume examine post-classical rendition of Alexander: Jewish from the Talmud to Josippon and Byzantine, composed of separate textual traditions of various ancient authors, with Plutarch taking pride of place.

Series Statement

Classica et orientalia, 2190-3638 ; Band 20

Uniform Title

Classica et orientalia ; Bd. 20.

Subjects

• Historiography
• Civilization, Western
• Macedonian Expansion (Greece : 359-323 B.C.)
• Kings and rulers
• Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C > Sources

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and indexes.

Language (note)

• In English; one contribution in French.

Call Number

JFE 19-6743

ISBN

• 9783447111645
• 344711164X

LCCN

9783447111645

OCLC

1091182263

Title

The historiography of Alexander the Great / edited by Krzysztof Nawotka, Robert Rollinger, Josef Wiesehöfer and Agnieszka Wojciechowska.

Publisher

Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Classica et orientalia, 2190-3638 ; Band 20

Classica et orientalia ; Bd. 20.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and indexes.

Language

In English; one contribution in French.

Added Author

Nawotka, Krzysztof, editor.

Rollinger, Robert, editor.

Wiesehöfer, Josef, editor.

Wojciechowska, Agnieszka, editor.

Other Standard Identifier

9783447111645

Research Call Number

JFE 19-6743