Justin: Epitome of The Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus: Volume I: Books 11-12: Alexander the Great (Justin's) (Books 11-12 Vol 1) [Paperback]

Justin (Author), John Yardley (Translator), Waldemar Heckel (Contributor)

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Publication Date: May 8, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0198149085 | ISBN-13: 978-0198149088 | Edition: abridged edition

This volume presents the first authoritative English translation and scholarly commentary on a little known but important ancient historical source: the second/third century Roman historian Justin's "epitome" or abridged version of the Philippic History by Pompeius Trogus (27 BC-AD 14). This book covers books 11-12 and represents one of the five major sources for historians on the life and times of Alexander the Great. A second volume, forthcoming, will cover books 13-15.

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"The entries are concise and lucid. Every crux is identified and unraveled, full references are provided to parallels in the other Alexander historians, and brief but well chosen bibliographies are furnished for each chapter. To work through the commentary is to take a well-guided tour of the Alexander tradition as a whole."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Latin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; abridged edition edition (May 8, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198149085
• ISBN-13: 978-0198149088
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.5 x 1 inches
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This review is from: Justin: Epitome of The Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus: Volume I: Books 11-12: Alexander the Great (Justin's) (Books 11-12 Vol 1) (Hardcover)

Justin's Epitome is one of our five major classical sources on Alexander the Great, but he never made it into an English translation until the publication of this book by Yardley and Heckel. That alone makes it unique.

Justin's account itself is brief (about 30 pages in print) but Heckel's excellent commentary makes up the remaining 200 pages of this publication. For everyone seriously interested in Alexander Heckel's superb commentary is a 'must have'.

This shouldn't be the first book you should buy about Alexander. But once you have read Bosworth, Green or Hammond, once you have tasted the original accounts of Arrian or Curtius - this is your next step on the ladder of true in dept analysis.