Curtius Rufus: Histories of Alexander the Great, Book 10

by: Atkinson, J.E. Yardley, J.C.

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Curtius Rufus, Histories of Alexander the Great, Book 10
Introduction and Commentary by J. E. Atkinson and J. C. Yardley
Clarendon Ancient History Series
Offers a thoroughly readable translation of this important account of the last years of Alexander the Great and the turmoil that followed his death
Introduction discusses the context in which Curtius Rufus seems to have written and his agenda as a historian
Detailed Commentary assists appreciation of the interplay of historical and literary issues

Description
This book presents a translation, with commentary, of a major Roman source on the end of the reign of Alexander the Great. Book 10 of Curtius' Histories covers the reign of terror and mutiny that followed upon Alexander's return from India; and offers the fullest account of the power struggle that began in Babylon immediately after his death. The Introduction establishes a profile of Curtius Rufus (quite probably a Roman Senator of the first century AD), and his agenda as a historian. John Yardley's translation and the commentary are designed for the reader without Latin. The Commentary provides detailed analysis of the historical events of the crucial period 325-3 BC covered by Curtius, and also tries to get behind the surface level of meaning to show how Curtius intended his history to be a text for his time. Curtius' text is also examined as a literary achievement in its own right.

Table of Contents
Introduction
1: Levels of significance
2: Curtius, the author and his dates
3: Possible identification with other known Curtii
4: Curtius' Histories of Alexander and its genre
5: The structure of Book 10
6: Curtius' sources
7: Curtius and other writers of the early Principate
8: Truth and the historical value of Curtius' Histories
9: Judging Alexander
10: Curtius' language and literary value
Translation
Commentary
Additional note on problems of chronology

Curtius Rufus: Histories of Alexander the Great, Book 10

by: Atkinson, J.E. Yardley, J.C.

• ISBN-13: 9780199557639 / 978-0-19-955763-9
• ISBN-03: 0199557632 / 0-19-955763-2
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009

Price: 59,00 EURO

1 copy in stock