Texts for Alexander the Great

**TEXTS FOR "ALEXANDER THE GREAT"**
KEY: PRIMARY SOURCES SECONDARY SOURCES LINKS

PRIMARY SOURCES

Arr.	*Arrian. The Campaigns of Alexander. (bookstore)*
Curt.	*Quintus Curtius Rufus. The History of Alexander. (bookstore)*
D.S.	*Diodorus Siculus ("Diodorus of Sicily"). Library of History.* Vol. VIII (16.66-17). (bookstore)**
Plut.	*Plutarch. Lives of Demosthenes, Phocion, Alexander* in The Age of Alexander. (bookstore)**
Austin	*Austin, M.M. The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest: A Selection of Ancient Sources in Translation. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1981. (reserve)*
Burstein	*Burstein, S.M., ed. and trans. The Hellenistic Age from the Battle of Ipsos to the death of Kleopatra VII. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ., 1985 (reserve)*
Harding	*Harding, P., ed. and trans. From the End of the Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Ipsus. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ., 1985. (reserve)*
Heisserer	*Heisserer, A.J. Alexander the Great and the Greeks: The Epigraphic Evidence. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma, 1980. (reserve)*

SECONDARY SOURCES
General Studies:

Green, P. Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography. Berkeley: Univ. of California, 1991. (bookstore)
Badian, E. Studies in Greek and Roman History. NY: Barnes & Noble, 1964. (reserve).
Borza, E. In the Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of Macedon. Princeton: Princeton Univ., 1990. (reserve).
Bosworth, A.B. Alexander and the East: The Tragedy of Triumph. Oxford and NY: Oxford University, 1996. (reserve). Review: NZACT 1997 (V. Parker)
Cawkwell, G. Philip of Macedon. London and Boston: Faber & Faber, 1978. (reserve)
Engels, D.W. Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army. Berkeley: Univ. of California, 1978. (reserve)
Fraser, P.M. Cities of Alexander the Great. Oxford and NY: Oxford University, 1996. (reserve). Review: AJPh 119.1 (M.U. Erdosy)
Hamilton, J.R. Alexander the Great. Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1984. (reserve)
Hammond, N.G.L. Alexander the Great: King, Commander, and Statesman. Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes, 1980. (reserve)
________. The Genius of Alexander the Great. Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina, 1997. (reserve)
________. Philip of Macedon. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1994. (reserve)
Heckel, W. The Marshals of Alexander's Empire. London and NY: Routledge, 1992. (reserve)
Lane Fox, R. The Search for Alexander. Boston: Little, Brown, 1980. (reserve)
O'Brien, J.M. Alexander the Great: The Invisible Enemy, a Biography. London and NY: Routledge, 1992. (reserve). Review: BMCR 4.2.9 (W. Heckel)
Pearson, L.I.C. The Lost Histories of Alexander the Great. Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1983. (reserve)
Stewart, A.F. Faces of Power: Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politics. Berkeley: Univ. of California, 1993. (reserve). Review: BMCR 95.2.9 (M.D. Fullerton)
Stoneman, R. Alexander the Great. London and NY: Routledge, 1997. (reserve)
Tarn, W.W. Alexander the Great. Boston: Beacon, 1956. (reserve)
Wilcken, U. Alexander the Great. Trans. G.C. Richards. NY: MacVeagh, 1932. (reserve)

Bibliographies

Burich, N. Alexander the Great: A Bibliography. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1979 (reference section).
Heckel, W. Alexander the Great and His Successors: A Bibliography. Department of Greek, Latin and Ancient History: Univ. of Calgary, 1999. Review: BMCR 4.5.9 (C. Rubincam)
Kinzl, K. Alexander the Great and His Age: A Basic Bibliography. Department of Ancient History and Classics: Trent University, 1999.

Individual articles (this section in progress):

Badian, E. "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. (reserve)

________. "Greeks and Macedonians." Studies in the History of Art, vol. 10: Macedonia and Greece in Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Times.

Baynham, E. "Who put the ‘romance’ in the Alexander-romance?: the Alexander romances within Alexander historiography." AHB 9.1 (1995) 1-13.
Bloedow, E.F. “Diplomatic negotiations between Darius and Alexander: historical implications of the first phase at Marathus in Phoenicia in 333/332 B.C.” AHB 9.3-4 (1995) 93-110.
Borza, E. "Malaria in Alexander's Army." AHB 1.2 (1987) 36-38.
Bosworth, A.B. "The tumult and the shouting: two interpretations of the Cleitus episode."AHB 10.1 (1996) 19-30.
Carney, E.D. "Alexander and Persian Women." AJPh 117.4 (1996) 563-583.
Dascalakis, A. "The Argaeo-Temenids and the Origin of the Macedonian Royal House." The Hellenism of the Ancient Macedonians (excerpt). Thessalonike: Institute for Balkan Studies, 1965.
Ruffin, J.F. "The Efficacy of Medicine during the Campaigns of Alexander the Great" (abstract). MilMed 157.9 (Sept. 1992) 467-475.
Sbarounis, C.N. "Did Alexander the Great die of acute pancreatitis?" (abstract). JClinGastroenterol. 24.4 (June 1997) 294-296.
Worthington, I. “How ‘Great’ was Alexander the Great?” Ancient History Bulletin 13.2 (1999) 39-55.
Holt, F.L. "Alexander the Great Today: In the Interests of Historical Accuracy?" Ancient History Bulletin 13.3 (1999) 111-117.
Worthington, I. "Alexander and 'the Interests of Historical Accuracy: A Reply," Ancient History Bulletin Previews (volume, year and pages not yet published).

Videos

Huston, J., director. "The Man Who would be King" (to be rented). Warner, 1975.
Wood, M. "Alexander's Epic March" (Classics Department). Review by E. Borza, Archaeology 51.3 (May/June 1998).

WEB-BASED RESOURCES

Royal Tombs at Vergina (Greek Ministry of Culture)
Images from Tomb II at Vergina (W. Murray, Univ. of South Florida)
Images from Siwah, Egypt (W. Murray, Univ. of South Florida)
Map of Alexander's route
Animated map of Alexander's route
Spalding, T., ed. Alexander the Great on the Web. 1999.
Crane, G., ed. Perseus. Boston: Tufts University, 2000. (search for such keywords as "Alexander," "Chaeroneia," "Olympia," etc.)
Brief Chronological Table (J. Sickinger, Florida State Univ.)
Selected Images of Alexander
News Reports: On 4/21/00 the international press covered a story that claimed the bones found in

"Philip's Tomb" aren't those of Alexander the Great's father, but of his half (wit) brother Philip Arrhideus.

Independent News

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