Darius in the Shadow of Alexander

Pierre Briant

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$44.00 • £35.95 • €39.50

ISBN 9780674493094

Publication Date: 01/05/2015

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608 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

64 halftones

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Acknowledgments and Editorial Note
Preface to the English-Language Edition
Translator’s Note
Introduction: Between Remembering and Forgetting
I. The Impossible Biography
- 1. A Shadow among His Own
- 2. Darius Past and Present
II. Contrasting Portraits
- 3. “The Last Darius, the One Who Was Defeated by Alexander”
- 4. Arrian’s Darius
- 5. A Different Darius or the Same One?
- 6. Darius between Greece and Rome
III. Reluctance and Enthusiasm
- 7. Upper King and Lower King
- 8. Iron Helmet, Silver Vessels
- 9. The Great King’s Private and Public Lives
IV. Darius and Dārā
- 10. Dārā and Iskandar
- 11. Death and Transfiguration
V. A Final Assessment and a Few Proposals
- 12. Darius in Battle: Variations on the Theme “Images and Realities”
Abbreviations
Greek and Roman Sources
General Bibliography
Notes
Thematic Notes by Chapter
Illustration Credits
Index

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