Arrian: Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian (Translations from Greek and Roman Authors) [Paperback]

Arrian (Author), J. Gordon Lloyd (Translator)

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Publication Date: January 29, 1982 | Series: Translations from Greek and Roman Authors

Accessible translations for GCSE students. The translated extracts in Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian, are linked by commentaries which continue the narrative and discuss points in the text needing explanation.

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Text: English, Greek (translation)

Book Description

For younger readers, this is the story of Alexander the Great as told by his biographer Arrian. Includes commentaries which continue the narrative and discuss points in the text which need clarification.

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• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (January 29, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521281954
• ISBN-13: 978-0521281959
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars alexander; hero or villan., April 7, 1999

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This review is from: Arrian: Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian (Translations from Greek and Roman Authors) (Paperback)

To review a book on such a great man and great book takes an open mind, to some alexander was a god and to others he was a kin to Hitler. This book was translated from Greek and roman authors but mainly by the greek historian Arrian. Born some four hundred years after the death of alexander arrian spent his life"s work writing account of alexander"s campaigns. Arrian refers to the Royal diaries of alexander, they tell of of a man of divine descent, a god, decendent of heracles, a brave man, a king who would fight with his men in battle. Alexander was born in Maceddonia in 356 B.C. and came to the throne on the murder of his father Philip in 336 B.C. What he did then was to conquer somethink like two million square miles, covering over eleven thousand miles in eight years. This book tells us how we took the persian empire and defeating Darius at the battle of Issus out numberd seven to one. Nearly thirteen years later this same young man, still only thirty-three years old died at babylon, in the heart of the persian empire. Brave to the point of rashness, passionate to the point of murder, a military genius, administrator and empire builder, but above all am inspiring leader of men.