Darius in the shadow of Alexander [electronic resource] / Pierre Briant ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.
Briant, Pierre, author.; Todd, Jane Marie, 1957- translator.
2015
DS284.7 .B7513 2015eb
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Title Darius in the shadow of Alexander [electronic resource] / Pierre Briant ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.
Author Briant, Pierre, author.
Uniform Title Darius dans l'ombre d'Alexandre. English
ISBN 9780674744608 (electronic book)
9780674493094
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x v, 579 pages) : illustrations
Call Number DS284.7 .B7513 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 935/.705092
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author Todd, Jane Marie, 1957- translator.
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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.

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