Darius in the shadow of Alexander /

"The last of Cyrus the Great's dynastic inheritors and the legendary enemy of Alexander the Great, Darius III ruled over a Persian Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Indus River. Yet despite being the most powerful king of his time, Darius remains an obscure figure. As Pie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Briant, Pierre (Autor)
Otros Autores: Todd, Jane Marie, 1957- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Darius > III, > King of Persia, > -330 B.C.
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Alexander > III. > Makedonien, König > v356-v323
Darius > III. > Iran, König > -v330
To 640
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Civilization.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
Kings and rulers
Iran > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Iran > History > To 640.
Iran > Histoire > Jusqu'à 651.
Iran
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the English-language edition
  • Translator's note
  • Introduction: Between remembering and forgetting
  • Part I. The impossible biography
  • A shadow among his own
  • Darius past and present
  • Part II. Contrasting portraits
  • "The last Darius, the one who was defeated by Alexander"
  • Arrian's Darius
  • A different Darius or the same one?
  • Darius between Greece and Rome
  • Part III. Reluctance and enthusiasm
  • Upper king and lower king
  • Iron helmet, silver vessels
  • The great king's private and public lives
  • Part IV. Darius and Dara
  • Dara and Iskandar
  • Death and transfiguration
  • Part V.A final assessment and a few proposals
  • Darius in battle : variations on the theme "images and realities"
  • Abbreviations
  • Greek and Roman sources.

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