Contributor
Heckel, Waldemar, 1949-
Imprint:Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Descriptionxix, 366 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:The Macedonian background / Michael Zahrnt -- Alexander's conquest of Asia / Waldemar Heckel -- The Diadochi, or successors to Alexander / Patrick Wheatley -- A king and his army / Waldemar Heckel -- The court of Alexander the Great as social system / Gregor Weber -- Alexander and the Greeks: the Corinthian League / Elisabetta Poddighe -- Alexander and the Greeks: artists and soldiers, friends and enemies / Lawrence A. Tritle -- The Empire of Darius III in perspective / Pierre Briant -- Alexander and the Persian Empire, between "decline" and "renovation": history and historiography / Pierre Briant -- Alexander and his "terrible mother" / Elizabeth D. Carney -- Alexander's sex life / Daniel Ogden -- Heroes, cults, and divinity / Boris Dreyer -- Alexander's image in the age of the successors / Alexander Meeus -- Roman Alexanders: epistemology and identity / Diana Spencer -- The construction of a new ideal: the official portraiture of Alexander the Great / Catie Mihalopoulos -- Power, passion, and patrons: Alexander, Charles Le Brun, and Oliver Stone / E.J. Baynham.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
