Alexander the Great (Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts) - Softcover

Keyne Cheshire

 
9780521707091: Alexander the Great (Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521707099 ISBN 13: 9780521707091
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Alexander the Great famously brought the mighty Persian Empire's two-hundred year rule to an end, but the figure behind this phenomenon often eludes us. This book invites students to follow Alexander's remarkable story and to engage with a variety of perspectives on him as king, general and human being. Notes provide helpful contextual information for these excerpts while questions challenge readers to embark on their own investigations of this fascinating individual, who continues to rival all others in historical significance.

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Book Description

Alexander the Great famously brought the mighty Persian Empire's two-hundred year rule to an end, but the figure behind this phenomenon often eludes us. This book invites students to follow Alexander's remarkable story and to engage with a variety of perspectives on him as king, general and human being. Notes provide helpful contextual information for these excerpts while questions challenge readers to embark on their own investigations of this fascinating individual, who continues to rival all others in historical significance.

Review

"Cheshire has produced a fine book. ...very easily see using this book for a freshman seminar or a western civilization class that had Alexander as one of its main topics." --BMCR

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521707099
ISBN 13 
9780521707091
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
198