Alexander the Great

Waldemar Heckel is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Calgary. His publications include Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great (Blackwell, 2005), Alexander the Great: Historical Sources in Translation (with J.C. Yardley, Blackwell, 2003), Crossroads of History: The Age of Alexander (with L.A. Tritle, 2003), The Wars of Alexander the Great (2002), and The Marshals of Alexander’s Empire (1992). Lawrence A. Tritle is Professor of History at Loyola Marymount University. He is author and editor of The Peloponnesian War (2004), From Melos to My Lai. War and Survival (2000), The Greek World in the Fourth Century (1997) and Phocion the Good (1988), as well as numerous articles on Greek history.

• List of Figures viiList of Contributors viiiChronology ixPreface and Acknowledgments xivAbbreviations xvJournal and Serial Abbreviations xviiMap xxIntroduction 11 The Macedonian Background 7Michael Zahrnt2 Alexander’s Conquest of Asia 26Waldemar Heckel3 The Diadochi, or Successors to Alexander 53Patrick Wheatley4 A King and His Army 69Waldemar Heckel5 The Court of Alexander the Great as Social System 83Gregor Weber6 Alexander and the Greeks 99The Corinthian LeagueElisabetta Poddighe7 Alexander and the Greeks 121Artists and Soldiers, Friends and EnemiesLawrence A. Tritle8 The Empire of Darius III in Perspective 141Pierre Briant9 Alexander and the Persian Empire, between “Decline” and “Renovation” 171History and HistoriographyPierre Briant10 Alexander and his “Terrible Mother” 189Elizabeth D. Carney11 Alexander’s Sex Life 203Daniel Ogden12 Heroes, Cults, and Divinity 218Boris Dreyer13 Alexander’s Image in the Age of the Successors 235Alexander Meeus14 Roman Alexanders 251Epistemology and IdentityDiana Spencer15 The Construction of a New Ideal 275The Official Portraiture of Alexander the GreatCatie Mihalopoulos16 Power, Passion, and Patrons 294Alexander, Charles Le Brun, and Oliver StoneE. J. BaynhamBibliography 311Index 349

"This book belongs in all university libraries." (CHOICE, September 2009) "This book is ... '[A] highly informed and enjoyable resource for students and interested general readers.' ... H. and T.'s collection of essays does offer is a synthesis of recent scholarship and current trends that will reward both the general and the specialized reader as well as stimulate further discussion." (The Classical Journal, November 2009) "All in all this volume is certainly to be welcomed. At an affordable price it offers coverage of a comprehensive range of topics, with the 'big names' well represented among the contributors." (Scholia Reviews, 2009)