The Life of Alexander the Great

Plutarch (Author) Arthur Hugh Clough (Editor)

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Description

In 336 b.c. Philip of Macedonia was assassinated and his twenty-year-old son, Alexander, inherited his kingdom. Immediately quelling rebellion, Alexander extended his father's empire through-out the Middle East and into parts of Asia, fulﬁlling the soothsayer Aristander's prediction that the new king "should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future ages labour and sweat to describe and celebrate him."

The Life of Alexander the Great is one of the ﬁrst surviving attempts to memorialize the achievements of this legendary king, remembered today as the greatest military genius of all time. This exclusive Modern Library edition, excerpted from Plutarch's Lives, is a riveting tale of honor, power, scandal, and bravery written by the most eminent biographer of the ancient world.

Product Details

Price

$12.00 $11.16

Publisher

Modern Library

Publish Date

April 13, 2004

Pages

Dimensions

5.28 X 7.96 X 0.3 inches | 0.23 pounds

Language

English

Type

Paperback

EAN/UPC

9780812971330

BISAC Categories:

Presidents & Heads of State

Military

Ancient - Greece

Historical

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About the Author

About the Introducer

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON has written extensively on both ancient Greek and military history; his ?fteen books include The Western Way of War and Between War and Peace. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a professor of classics at California State University, Fresno.