Alexander the Great in India: A Reconstruction of Cleitarchus
- ISBN-10
- 095567901X
- ISBN-13
- 9780955679018
- Category
- Greece
- Pages
- 200
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Lulu.com
- Author
- Andrew Chugg
Description
The most influential account of the career of Alexander the Great was penned by Cleitarchus the son of Deinon, a Greek writing in Alexandria in the decades after Alexander's death. Most of the surviving ancient texts on Alexander were more or less based upon his work, but every single copy of the original was discarded or destroyed in antiquity. To what extent might it be possible to reconstruct it from the secondary writings? This book argues that a considerable degree of reconstruction is feasible and demonstrates the point by presenting a full reconstruction of Cleitarchus' version of Alexander's campaigns in India, the first time that this has been done. For more details see also www.alexanderstomb.com.
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