Legacy of the East and Legacy of Alexander

by: Nawotka, K. Wojciechowska, A.

Legacy of the East and Legacy of Alexander

Herausgeber: Nawotka, Krzysztof / Agnieszka, Wojciechowska

Umfang/Format: XXI, 444 pages, 41 ill., 6 diagram, 7 tables

From the Hellenistic period until the Muslim Middles Ages, the words and deeds of Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) reverberated through the centuries. The tradition of his conquests and legends, which are best preserved in countless versions of the Alexander Romance, was a focal point of the conference in Wrocław 2019, the results of which are contained in this publication. The encounters between the European conquerors and the nations and cultures of the East, which are reflected in writings and works of art from East and West, enable us to gain a deep mutual understanding, even of the misunderstandings.
Contributions in this volume compare classical literary sources with non-European writings, epigraphic, archaeological and numismatic evidence. They explore the complexity of the classical source tradition in order to look beyond the boundaries of the time in which they were written down. By drawing on the methodology of the ?literary turn? in historiography, they draw our attention to ancient authors as conscious artists with their own agenda. An attempt is made to examine the Iranian background of Alexander?s politics and to verify modern hypotheses about his legacy in Iran and Central Asia. In Iran there was cultural continuity from the Achaemenid through the Hellenistic era, just as in Egypt, whose art absorbed non-native influences from the Saite period onwards. It is argued that the western influence or Hellenization that Alexander?s conquests brought to the heartland of the Persian Empire, its eastern part and Egypt, was limited. It shows that the last Persian king of Egypt, Darius III, and the first Macedonian pharaoh Alexander had more in common than is generally recognized. This book basically advocates the idea that a balance must be established between continuity and change, both in Egypt and in the East under Alexander and Hellenistic kings.

Krzysztof Nawotka & Agnieszka Wojciechowska Legacy of the East and Legacy of Alexander: The Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claudia Horst Alexander?s Misunderstanding: Myth and Philosophy between East and West . . Łukasz Szeląg Early-Hellenistic Boiotia – Philip?s or Alexander?s Heritage? Epigraphic Curve and the Destruction of Thebes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicholas Sekunda T he Battle of Gaugamela and the Oblique Approach: A Preliminary Study . . . . . Joseph Roisman Alexander?s Expectations of Commanders and Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timothy Howe T he Wounds of War: Inter- and Intratextuality in Ptolemy?s Account of Alexander in India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierfrancesco Callieri T he Archaeology of Fars from Late Achaemenid to Early Hellenistic Times . . . . Milinda Hoo IX 1 17 35 49 59 77 Baktria in Early Hellenistic Times and the Question of ?Alexandrian Legacy? . . . 103 Frances Pownall Alexander versus his Veterans: The Graeco-Roman Source Tradition on Alexander?s “Orientalism” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Julian Degen Accessibility to the Argead Ruler: The Court of Alexander III between Macedonian Traditions and Persian Influences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Sabine Müller After Susa: Persian Women and the Alexander Historiographers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Krzysztof Nawotka Alexander the Great and the Macedonian and Persian Elite: T he Mass-marriages in Susa in Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Olga Kubica T he Interpreters of Alexander in the Remote Provinces of the Great King . . . . . . 219 Melanie Wasmuth T he Impact of Alexander Historiography on Contemporary Sources: T he Tomb of Petosiris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Alan B. Lloyd Timeo Danaos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Ivan Ladynin T he Stela Bucheum 2 (British Museum EA1697+1719) and T he Egyptian Perception of the Achaemenid Rule under Alexander the Great . . 263 Alexa Rickert T hutmosis, Alexander – und Nektanebos? Überlegungen zur Nutzungsgeschichte des „sanctuaire du faucon de calcaire“ in Karnak . . . . . . . . 285 Damien Agut-Labordère Alexander, “Prince of the Two Deserts”: T he Geopolitical Significance of the Trip to Siwa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Joanna Porucznik Herakles in a Lion Skin: Connecting Alexander Tetradrachms and Tauric Chersonesos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Chris Chism Alexander at the Edge of Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Richard Stoneman Kalayavana, the Black Greek: A Reflection of Alexander in Indian Literature? . . 345 Gościwit Malinowski Fromo Kesaro, King Gesar of gLing and the New Rome in Inner Asia . . . . . . . . 355
Su Fang Ng Alexander?s Diving Bell in Malay Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 Tal Ilan The Name Alexander among the Jews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

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