(Loeb Classical Library) History of Alexander and Indica I.

Arrian [P. A. Brunt, translator]

ISBN 10: 0434992364 / ISBN 13: 9780434992362

Published by Loeb Classical Library, London, 1976

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A very good copy with its dust jacket. Internally clean and free of marks or notes. Top edge is a tough dust stained. The jacket is scuffed with some color loss along the spine. Stanford's fold-out map present and without flaw.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: (Loeb Classical Library) History of Alexander and Indica I.
• Publisher: Loeb Classical Library, London
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0434992364
• ISBN 13: 9780434992362
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • NonFiction

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Synopsis

'His passion was for glory only, and in that he was insatiable'Although written over four hundred years after Alexander’s death, Arrian’s Campaigns of Alexander is the most reliable account of the man and his achievements we have. Arrian’s own experience as a military commander gave him unique insights into the life of the world’s greatest conqueror. He tells of Alexander’s violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his total defeat of Persia, and his campaigns through Egypt, India and Babylon – establishing new cities and destroying others in his path. While Alexander emerges from this record as an unparalleled and charismatic leader, Arrian succeeds brilliantly in creating an objective and fully rounded portrait of a man of boundless ambition, who was exposed to the temptations of power and worshipped as a god in his own lifetime.

Aubrey de Sélincourt’s vivid translation is accompanied by J. R. Hamilton’s introduction, which discusses Arrian’s life and times, his synthesis of other classical sources and the composition of Alexander’s army. The edition also includes maps, a list for further reading and a detailed index.

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