Darius in the shadow of Alexander
| 1. Verfasser: |
Briant, Pierre.
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Todd, Jane Marie 1957-
, [ÜbersetzerIn]
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cambridge, Mass., London, England :
Harvard University Press,
2015.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xv, 579 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 1 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Preface to the English-language edition
- Translator's note
- Introduction: Between remembering and forgetting
- Part I. The impossible biography
- A shadow among his own
- Darius past and present
- Part II. Contrasting portraits
- "The last Darius, the one who was defeated by Alexander"
- Arrian's Darius
- A different Darius or the same one?
- Darius between Greece and Rome
- Part III. Reluctance and enthusiasm
- Upper king and lower king
- Iron helmet, silver vessels
- The great king's private and public lives
- Part IV. Darius and Dara
- Dara and Iskandar
- Death and transfiguration
- Part V. A final assessment and a few proposals
- Darius in battle : variations on the theme "images and realities"
- Abbreviations
- Greek and Roman sources.
