LEADER 05370nam 22008415 450 001 9910809351303321 005 20230508155709.0 010 $a0-520-95469-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520954694 035 $a(CKB)2670000000335811 035 $a(EBL)1132027 035 $a(OCoLC)829460115 035 $a(DE-B1597)519995 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520954694 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1132027 035 $a(NjHacI)992670000000335811 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000335811 100 $a20200424h20132013 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAlexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C. $eA Historical Biography 210 1$aBerkeley, CA :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (586 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 300 $aOriginally published: Alexander the Great. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1970. 311 0 $a0-520-27586-1 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tPreface to the 2012 Edition --$tPreface to the 1991 Reprint --$tPreface and Acknowledgements --$tList of Maps and Battle Plans --$tKey to Abbreviations --$tTable of Dates --$t1. Philip of Macedon --$t2. The Gardens of Midas --$t3. From a View to a Death --$t4. The Keys of the Kingdom --$t5. The Captain-General --$t6. The Road to Issus --$t7. Intimations of Immortality --$t8. The Lord of Asia --$t9. The Quest for Ocean --$t10. How Many Miles to Babylon? --$tAppendix: Propaganda at the Granicus --$tNotes and References --$tSources of Information --$tGenealogical Table --$tGenealogical Table 330 $aUntil recently, popular biographers and most scholars viewed Alexander the Great as a genius with a plan, a romantic figure pursuing his vision of a united world. His dream was at times characterized as a benevolent interest in the brotherhood of man, sometimes as a brute interest in the exercise of power. Green, a Cambridge-trained classicist who is also a novelist, portrays Alexander as both a complex personality and a single-minded general, a man capable of such diverse expediencies as patricide or the massacre of civilians. Green describes his Alexander as "not only the most brilliant (and ambitious) field commander in history, but also supremely indifferent to all those administrative excellences and idealistic yearnings foisted upon him by later generations, especially those who found the conqueror, tout court, a little hard upon their liberal sensibilities. "This biography begins not with one of the universally known incidents of Alexander's life, but with an account of his father, Philip of Macedonia, whose many-territoried empire was the first on the continent of Europe to have an effectively centralized government and military. What Philip and Macedonia had to offer, Alexander made his own, but Philip and Macedonia also made Alexander form an important context for understanding Alexander himself. Yet his origins and training do not fully explain the man. After he was named hegemon of the Hellenic League, many philosophers came to congratulate Alexander, but one was conspicuous by his absence: Diogenes the Cynic, an ascetic who lived in a clay tub. Piqued and curious, Alexander himself visited the philosopher, who, when asked if there was anything Alexander could do for him, made the famous reply, "Don't stand between me and the sun." Alexander's courtiers jeered, but Alexander silenced them: "If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes." This remark was as unexpected in Alexander as it would be in a modern leader. For the general reader, the book, redolent with gritty details and fully aware of Alexander's darker side, offers a gripping tale of Alexander's career. Full backnotes, fourteen maps, and chronological and genealogical tables serve readers with more specialized interests. 606 $aGenerals$zGreece$vBiography 607 $aGreece$xHistory$yMacedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C 607 $aGreece$xKings and rulers$vBiography 610 $aadministrative excellences. 610 $aalexander the great. 610 $aancient greece. 610 $aancient greek history. 610 $aancient history. 610 $aancient world. 610 $abiographies. 610 $abiography. 610 $acentralized government. 610 $aclassical history. 610 $aclassical studies. 610 $acomplex personality. 610 $adiogenes the cynic. 610 $aeuropean history. 610 $afamous generals. 610 $agreco roman history. 610 $agreece. 610 $agreek and roman studies. 610 $agreek history. 610 $agritty details. 610 $ahistory. 610 $aliberal sensibilities. 610 $amacedonia. 610 $amilitary history. 610 $aphilip of macedonia. 610 $apolitical history. 610 $apolitical science. 610 $aromantic figure. 610 $aworld history. 615 0$aGenerals 676 $a938.07092 700 $aGreen$b Peter$0174715 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809351303321 996 $aAlexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.$9176151 997 $aUNINA