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Alexander the Great and the mystery of the elephant medallions / / Frank L. Holt



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Autore: Holt Frank Lee Visualizza persona
Titolo: Alexander the Great and the mystery of the elephant medallions / / Frank L. Holt Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003
©2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 198 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina: 737/.22/0938
Soggetto topico: Coins, Ancient
Coins, Greek
Elephants in numismatics
Soggetto non controllato: afghanistan
alexander the great
ancient history
ancient medallions
battle of the hydaspes river
biographical
biography
conquests
discussion books
elephant medallions
european history
hellenistic culture
hellenistic period
hellenistic society
historians
historical perspective
india
iraq
megalomania
myths and legends
nonfiction
numismatics
popular history
rajah porus
retrospective
supernatural success
theology of war
war
warfare
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-189) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ONE. Man of Mystery -- TWO. A Treasure -- THREE. Picking a Fight -- FOUR. Whose Pachyderm, Whole or Halved? -- FIVE. Another Treasure -- SIX. A Closer Look -- SEVEN. A Dark and Stormy Night -- APPENDIX A. THE PUBLISHED ELEPHANT MEDALLIONS -- APPENDIX B. SOME POSSIBLE FORGERIES OF THE LARGE MEDALLION -- APPENDIX C. THE 1973 IRAQ HOARD -- INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: To all those who witnessed his extraordinary conquests, from Albania to India, Alexander the Great appeared invincible. How Alexander himself promoted this appearance-how he abetted the belief that he enjoyed divine favor and commanded even the forces of nature against his enemies-is the subject of Frank L. Holt's absorbing book. Solid evidence for the "supernaturalized" Alexander lies in a rare series of medallions that depict the triumphant young king at war against the elephants, archers, and chariots of Rajah Porus of India at the Battle of the Hydaspes River. Recovered from Afghanistan and Iraq in sensational and sometimes perilous circumstances, these ancient artifacts have long animated the modern historical debate about Alexander. Holt's book, the first devoted to the mystery of these ancient medallions, takes us into the history of their discovery and interpretation, into the knowable facts of their manufacture and meaning, and, ultimately, into the king's own psyche and his frightening theology of war. The result is a valuable analysis of Alexander history and myth, a vivid account of numismatics, and a spellbinding look into the age-old mechanics of megalomania.
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ISBN: 1-282-35812-X
9786612358128
0-520-93878-X
1-59734-457-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777369003321
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Serie: Hellenistic culture and society ; ; 44.