coin of Alexander: Herakles on obverse, Zeus Olympios on reverse
ALEXANDER
THE GREAT



ANCIENT SOURCES

  • -Plutarch, Life of Alexander (in his Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks & Romans): Plutarch on the Internet (texts).
  • -Arrian of Nicomedia, History of Alexander (or similar title) Penguin pb.
  • -Quintus Curtius Rufus, The History of Alexander (or similar title) Penguin pb.
  • -Diodorus of Sicily [Diodorus Siculus] Universal History Volume 16-17 [in the Loeb Classical Library series]




ANCIENT DOCUMENTS:
  • -Phillip Harding (ed.) From the End of the Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Ipsus (NY: Cambridge 1985) [Translated Documents of Greece & Rome, 2] [Library: DF 214]
  • -M.M. Austin (ed.) The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest. A Selection of Ancient Sources in Translation (NY: Cambridge 1981) [Library: DF 222]
  • -A. J. Heisserer, Alexander the Great and the Greeks. The Epigraphic Evidence (Norman: U. Oklahoma Press 1980) [Library: DF 232.5 .H44]




ABOUT THE SOURCES:
  • -Tarn, William W., Alexander the Great 2 vols. Vol II: Sources and Studies (Cambridge 1948).
  • -Lionel Pearson, The Lost Histories of Alexander the Great
  • -Alan Wardman, Plutarch's Lives
  • -A. Brian Bosworth, A Historical Commentary on Arrian's History of Alexander Vol. 1 (Oxford 1980) Vol. 2 (Oxford 1995).




About ALEXANDER:
  • Adriani, Achille, Tomba di Alessandro. Realtà, ipotesi e fantasie (Roma: Bretschneider 2000) .
  • -E. M. Anson, Hypaspists and Argyraspids, Ancient History Bulletin 2 (1988),
  • B. Barr- Sharrar and E. N. Borza (edd.) Macedonia and Greece in Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Times (Washington: National Gallery of Art 1982) [Studies in the History of Art, Vol. 10]
  • -Ernst Badian, "Alexander the Great, 1948–1961," Classical World 65 (1971) 37-56, 77-83.
  • -Ernst Badian, "Alexander the Great and the Loneliness of Power," AUMLA (1962); reprinted in: E. Badian, Studies in Greek and Roman History (Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1964) 192-205.
  • -Ernst Badian, "Greeks and Macedonians," in B. Barr- Sharrar and E. N. Borza (edd.) Macedonia and Greece in Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Times (Washington: National Gallery of Art 1982) [Studies in the History of Art, Vol. 10], 33-51.
  • -Ernst Badian, "The Deification of Alexander the Great," in Macedonian Studies in honor of Charles F. Edson (Thessaloniki 1981), 27-71.
  • -H. Bengtson, Philipp und Alexander der Grosse. Die Begründer der Hellenistischen Welt (München 1985).
  • -Eugene N. Borza, In the Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of Macedon (Princeton PUP 1990).
  • -Eugene N. Borza, Before Alexander: Constructing early Macedonia (Claremont CA: Regina Books).
  • -Eugene N. Borza, Makedonica: Essays by Eugene N. Borza (Claremont CA: Regina Books).
  • -Eugene N. Borza, "Malaria in Alexander's Army," Ancient History Bulletin 1 (1987).
  • -A. Brian Bosworth, Conquest and Empire. The Reign of Alexander the Great (Cambridge 1988).
  • -A. Brian Bosworth, Alexander and the East (Oxford 1996).
  • -A. Brian Bosworth, "The Tumult and the Shouting: Two Interpretations of the Cleitus Episode," Ancient History Bulletin 10. 1 (1996) 19-30.
  • -A. Brian Bosworth, "A Cut too many? Occam's Razor and Alexander's Footguard," Ancient History Bulletin 11 (1997) 47-56.
  • -Elizabeth Carney, "Review Essay on Macedonian History, " Ancient History Bulletin 5 (1991),
  • -Elizabeth Carney, Women and Monarchy in Macedonia (Norman: University of Oklahoma 2000).
  • -Elizabeth Carney, Olympias: Mother of ALexander the Great (New York: Routledge 2006).
  • -Paul Cartledge, Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past (London: Macmillan 2004) ; USA: Overlook Press).
  • -R. Malcolm Errington, A History of Macedonia (Berkeley/LA: U Cal 1990).
  • -P. Faure, Alexandre (Paris 1985).
  • -Laura Foreman, Alexander the Conqueror: The Epic Story of the Warrior King (DaCapo 2004).
  • -J.F.C. Fuller, The Generalship of Alexander the Great (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1958).
  • -Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great (London 1973).
  • -P. Goukowski, Essai sur les origines du mythe d' Alexandre 2 vols. (Nancy 1978, 1981).
  • -Peter Green, Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B.C. A Historical Biography (Berkeley & Los Angeles: U. Calif. Press 1991).
  • -William S. Greenwalt, "Argead Women," Ancient History Bulletin 10 (1996).
  • -W. S. Greenwalt, "Alexander's Corpse, Ancient History Bulletin 2, 1988),
  • -Christian Habicht, "Alexander's Corpse," Ancient History Bulletin 2 (1988),
  • -J. R. Hamilton, Alexander the Great (London 1973; Pittsburgh: U. Pittsburgh 1974) paper
  • -N.G.L. Hammond, History of Macedonia Volumes 1 (Oxford 1972) ; 2 [with G. T. Griffith] (Oxford 1979); 2 [with F. W. Walbank] (Oxford 1988).
  • -N. G. L. Hammond, Alexander the Great. King, Commander, and Statesman (London 1982).
  • -N. G. L. Hammond, "Alexander's Order during the Cleitus Episode," Ancient History Bulletin 9 (1995) 111-116.
  • -N. G. L. Hammond, "Arrian's Mentions of Infantry Guards," Ancient History Bulletin 11 (1997) 20-24.
  • -Waldemar Heckel, The Marshals of Alexander's Empire (London 1992).
  • -Frank L. Holt, "The Death of Coenus: Another Study in Method," Ancient History Bulletin 14. 1 (2000) 49-55.
  • -Antony G. Keen, "Alexander's Invasion of Lycia," Ancient History Bulletin 10 (1996),
  • -S. Lauffer, Alexander der Grosse 2nd ed. (München 1981).
  • David J. Lonsdale, Alexander the Great: Lessons in Strategy (NY Routledge 2006).
  • -Claude Mossé, Alexander: Destiny and Myth (Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP 2004).
  • -Mary Renault, The Nature of Alexander (NY Viking 1975) paper
  • -T.R. Robinson, "Alexander and the Ganges," Ancient History Bulletin 7 (1993).
  • Joseph Roisman (editor), Brill's Companion to Alexander the Great (Leiden: E.J. Brill 2002).
  • Richard Stoneman, Alexander the Great (NY Routledge 2005).
  • -Ulrich Wilcken, Alexander the Great ed. Eugene Borza (NY Norton 1967).

  • -Frank Adcock, The Greek and Macedonian Art of War (LA: U.California 1957).
  • -Donald Engels, Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army (LA: U.California 1978).
  • -Victor Davis Hanson, The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece (London & NY: Oxford Press 1990).

  • -Ian Worthington, "How 'great' was Alexander?," Ancient History Bulletin 13 (1999).
  • -Frank L. Holt, "Alexander the Great Today," Ancient History Bulletin 13.3 (1999),
  • -Ian Worthington, "Alexander and Historical Accuracy," Ancient History Bulletin 13 (1999),
  • Ian Worthington (ed.), Alexander the Great: A Reader (NY Routledge 2002).

  • -Helmut Berve, Das Alexanderreich, auf prosopographischer Grundlage 2 vols. (1926; reprint: NY Arno 1973).
  • -Martin Jessop Price, Coins of the Macedonians (London: British Museum 1974).
  • -Hyla Traxell, Studies in the Macedonian Coinage of Alexander the Great (NY: American Numismatic Society 1997).


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