The Life of Alexander the Great (Modern Library)

Plutarch,Arthur Hugh Clough (Introduction),John Dryden (Translator),Victor Hanson (Introduction)

ISBN 10: 0812971337 / ISBN 13: 9780812971330

Editore: Modern Library Inc, 2004

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Riassunto:

In 336 b.c. Philip of Macedonia was assassinated and his twenty-year-old son, Alexander, inherited his kingdom. Immediately quelling rebellion, Alexander extended his father’s empire through-out the Middle East and into parts of Asia, fulfilling the soothsayer Aristander’s prediction that the new king “should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future ages labour and sweat to describe and celebrate him.”

The Life of Alexander the Great is one of the first surviving attempts to memorialize the achievements of this legendary king, remembered today as the greatest military genius of all time. This exclusive Modern Library edition, excerpted from Plutarch’s Lives, is a riveting tale of honor, power, scandal, and bravery written by the most eminent biographer of the ancient world.

Informazioni sull'autore: About the Introducer

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON has written extensively on both ancient Greek and military history; his ?fteen books include The Western Way of War and Between War and Peace. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a professor of classics at California State University, Fresno.

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Titolo: The Life of Alexander the Great (Modern ...
Casa editrice: Modern Library Inc
Data di pubblicazione: 2004
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good