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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press
2015.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39257241*spi |
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.
