The Life of Alexander the Great
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Life of Alexander the Great
By (Author) Plutarch
Translated by John Dryden
Edited by Arthur Hugh Clough
Introduction by Victor Davis Hanson
Random House USA Inc
Modern Library Inc
1st July 2004
13th April 2004
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Ancient history
Biography: historical, political and military
938.07092
Physical Properties
Paperback
96
Width 132mm, Height 202mm, Spine 6mm
85g
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, ful_xFB01_lling 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 _xFB01_rst 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.
Reviews
"It is a lovely thing to live with courage, and to die leaving behind everlasting renown."
Author Bio
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.
