Darius in the shadow of Alexander /:
"The last of Cyrus the Great's dynastic inheritors and the legendary enemy of Alexander the Great, Darius III ruled over a Persian Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Indus River. Yet despite being the most powerful king of his time, Darius remains an obscure figure. As Pie...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The last of Cyrus the Great's dynastic inheritors and the legendary enemy of Alexander the Great, Darius III ruled over a Persian Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Indus River. Yet despite being the most powerful king of his time, Darius remains an obscure figure. As Pierre Briant explains in the first book ever devoted to the historical memory of Darius III, the little that is known of him comes primarily from Greek and Roman sources, which often present him in an unflattering light, as a decadent Oriental who lacked the masculine virtues of his Western adversaries. Influenced by the Alexander Romance as they are, even the medieval Persian sources are not free of harsh prejudices against the king Dara, whom they deemed deficient in the traditional kingly virtues. Ancient Classical accounts construct a man who is in every respect Alexander's opposite--feeble-minded, militarily inept, addicted to pleasure, and vain. When Darius's wife and children are captured by Alexander's forces at the Battle of Issos, Darius is ready to ransom his entire kingdom to save them--a devoted husband and father, perhaps, but a weak king. While Darius seems doomed to be a footnote in the chronicle of Alexander's conquests, in one respect it is Darius who has the last laugh. For after Darius's defeat in 331 BCE, Alexander is described by historians as becoming ever more like his vanquished opponent: a Darius-like sybarite prone to unmanly excess"--Provided by publisher |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xv, 579 pages) : illustrations |
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| contents | Preface to the English-language edition -- Translator's note -- Introduction: Between remembering and forgetting -- Part I. The impossible biography -- A shadow among his own -- Darius past and present -- Part II. Contrasting portraits -- "The last Darius, the one who was defeated by Alexander" -- Arrian's Darius -- A different Darius or the same one? -- Darius between Greece and Rome -- Part III. Reluctance and enthusiasm -- Upper king and lower king -- Iron helmet, silver vessels -- The great king's private and public lives -- Part IV. Darius and Dara -- Dara and Iskandar -- Death and transfiguration -- Part V.A final assessment and a few proposals -- Darius in battle : variations on the theme "images and realities" -- Abbreviations -- Greek and Roman sources. |
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| spelling | Briant, Pierre, author. Darius dans l'ombre d'Alexandre. English Darius in the shadow of Alexander / Pierre Briant ; translated by Jane Marie Todd. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015. 1 online resource (xv, 579 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface to the English-language edition -- Translator's note -- Introduction: Between remembering and forgetting -- Part I. The impossible biography -- A shadow among his own -- Darius past and present -- Part II. Contrasting portraits -- "The last Darius, the one who was defeated by Alexander" -- Arrian's Darius -- A different Darius or the same one? -- Darius between Greece and Rome -- Part III. Reluctance and enthusiasm -- Upper king and lower king -- Iron helmet, silver vessels -- The great king's private and public lives -- Part IV. Darius and Dara -- Dara and Iskandar -- Death and transfiguration -- Part V.A final assessment and a few proposals -- Darius in battle : variations on the theme "images and realities" -- Abbreviations -- Greek and Roman sources. "The last of Cyrus the Great's dynastic inheritors and the legendary enemy of Alexander the Great, Darius III ruled over a Persian Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Indus River. Yet despite being the most powerful king of his time, Darius remains an obscure figure. As Pierre Briant explains in the first book ever devoted to the historical memory of Darius III, the little that is known of him comes primarily from Greek and Roman sources, which often present him in an unflattering light, as a decadent Oriental who lacked the masculine virtues of his Western adversaries. Influenced by the Alexander Romance as they are, even the medieval Persian sources are not free of harsh prejudices against the king Dara, whom they deemed deficient in the traditional kingly virtues. Ancient Classical accounts construct a man who is in every respect Alexander's opposite--feeble-minded, militarily inept, addicted to pleasure, and vain. When Darius's wife and children are captured by Alexander's forces at the Battle of Issos, Darius is ready to ransom his entire kingdom to save them--a devoted husband and father, perhaps, but a weak king. While Darius seems doomed to be a footnote in the chronicle of Alexander's conquests, in one respect it is Darius who has the last laugh. For after Darius's defeat in 331 BCE, Alexander is described by historians as becoming ever more like his vanquished opponent: a Darius-like sybarite prone to unmanly excess"--Provided by publisher Print version record. In English. Darius III, King of Persia, -330 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84079608 Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004067 Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpPFF6H7VvbhhDkddgtKd Darius III, King of Persia, -330 B.C. fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkHpJ8rrjkbX3PRCH3YT3 Alexander III. Makedonien, König v356-v323 gnd Darius III. Iran, König -v330 gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/119263491 Iran Kings and rulers Biography. Iran History To 640. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067896 Iran Histoire Jusqu'à 651. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. bisacsh HISTORY Civilization. bisacsh HISTORY Ancient Greece. bisacsh Kings and rulers fast Iran fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtrYvcVTwChrDqytBvJXd To 640 fast collective biographies. aat Biographies fast History fast Biographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 Biographies. rvmgf Todd, Jane Marie, 1957- translator. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqFMVCccqffrykjBppF8C http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87100396 has work: Darius in the Shadow of Alexander (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGh3H7WcxBWfmmVtyVtKr3 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Briant, Pierre. Darius dans l'ombre d'Alexandre. English. Darius in the shadow of Alexander 9780674493094 (DLC) 2014018170 (OCoLC)881318212 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3538763 Volltext CBO01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3538763 Volltext FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=931092 Volltext CBO01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=931092 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Briant, Pierre Darius in the shadow of Alexander / Preface to the English-language edition -- Translator's note -- Introduction: Between remembering and forgetting -- Part I. The impossible biography -- A shadow among his own -- Darius past and present -- Part II. Contrasting portraits -- "The last Darius, the one who was defeated by Alexander" -- Arrian's Darius -- A different Darius or the same one? -- Darius between Greece and Rome -- Part III. Reluctance and enthusiasm -- Upper king and lower king -- Iron helmet, silver vessels -- The great king's private and public lives -- Part IV. Darius and Dara -- Dara and Iskandar -- Death and transfiguration -- Part V.A final assessment and a few proposals -- Darius in battle : variations on the theme "images and realities" -- Abbreviations -- Greek and Roman sources. Darius III, King of Persia, -330 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84079608 Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004067 Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpPFF6H7VvbhhDkddgtKd Darius III, King of Persia, -330 B.C. fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkHpJ8rrjkbX3PRCH3YT3 Alexander III. Makedonien, König v356-v323 gnd Darius III. Iran, König -v330 gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/119263491 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. bisacsh HISTORY Civilization. bisacsh HISTORY Ancient Greece. bisacsh Kings and rulers fast |
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| title_full | Darius in the shadow of Alexander / Pierre Briant ; translated by Jane Marie Todd. |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Darius in the shadow of Alexander / Pierre Briant ; translated by Jane Marie Todd. |
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| topic | Darius III, King of Persia, -330 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84079608 Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004067 Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpPFF6H7VvbhhDkddgtKd Darius III, King of Persia, -330 B.C. fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkHpJ8rrjkbX3PRCH3YT3 Alexander III. Makedonien, König v356-v323 gnd Darius III. Iran, König -v330 gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/119263491 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. bisacsh HISTORY Civilization. bisacsh HISTORY Ancient Greece. bisacsh Kings and rulers fast |
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