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Alexander the Great is one of the most celebrated figures of antiquity. In this book, Carol G. Thomas places this powerful figure within the context of his time, place, culture, and ancestry in order to discover what influences shaped his life and career.

The book begins with an exploration of the Macedonia that conditioned the lives of its inhabitants. It also traces such influences on Alexander’s life as his royal Argead ancestry, his father, Philip II, and his mother, Olympias. The author examines Alexander’s engagement with Greek culture, especially his relationship with Aristotle, and contemplates how other societal factors – especially the highly militarized Macedonian kingdom and the nature of Macedonia’s relationship with neighboring states – contributed to his achievement.

What was the significance of these influences on the man who succeeded in conquering most of the known world from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River? The author focuses on this question in exploring ancient landscapes and resurrecting key figures from antiquity in order to penetrate the motivation, goals, and inner being of Alexander the Great.

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063123246X
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978-0631232469
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1st
Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date

November 17, 2006
Language

English
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6 x 0.76 x 9.05 inches
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304 pages
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"Every generation, and virtually every scholar has given the world a different Alexander - each one the product of the writer's time and cultural conditioning. This book places Alexander squarely in the only meaningful context, his own geographical and mental world." Waldemar Heckel, University of Calgary

“Would serve well as one of several works offered to an undergraduate class … The work is well written and clearly presented.”
Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"Will provide a basic introduction to her subject which some teachers and students may find helpful." Journal of Classics Teaching

“An engaging and persuasive book, which offers a new perspective … .It will maintain the interest of specialists … yet remain accessible to the general reader.” Canadian Journal of History

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Alexander the Great is one of the most celebrated figures of antiquity. In this book, Carol G. Thomas places this powerful figure within the context of his time, place, culture, and ancestry in order to discover what influences shaped his life and career.

The book begins with an exploration of the Macedonia that conditioned the lives of its inhabitants. It also traces such influences on Alexander’s life as his royal Argead ancestry, his father, Philip II, and his mother, Olympias. The author examines Alexander’s engagement with Greek culture, especially his relationship with Aristotle, and contemplates how other societal factors – especially the highly militarized Macedonian kingdom and the nature of Macedonia’s relationship with neighboring states – contributed to his achievement.

What was the significance of these influences on the man who succeeded in conquering most of the known world from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River? The author focuses on this question in exploring ancient landscapes and resurrecting key figures from antiquity in order to penetrate the motivation, goals, and inner being of Alexander the Great.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley-Blackwell; 1st edition (November 17, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 063123246X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0631232469
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.76 x 9.05 inches

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Elias Kapetanopoulos

A Realistic View of Alexander

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2007

Alexander the Great in His World by Carol G. Thomas is a lucid narrative of Alexander's times, about which a reconstruction of Alexander is attempted, and it could be said that it has been achieved. Points of divergence are always present, but this is a worthwhile book on Alexander whose focus is on the then forces which molded him accordingly.

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Kuma

A clever and different approach to Alexander

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2009

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The Blackwell Ancient Lives series has produced several engaging, accessible and intelligent biographies, however Carol Thomas may have a reasonable claim to have produced the most interesting work in the series. The work is not in the strictest sense a biography and must not be approached as such, Thomas approaching the subject matter not as an Alexander specialist (her other published works are Archaic Period or Mycenean focused) has recognised that there are a plethora of works on Alexander and equally that there are ultimately "many Alexanders". The result is that Thomas instead writes a book looking at what factors may have influenced Alexander, shaped his actions and led to the rise of the many different representations we have of him.

To approach this Thomas evaluates the following factors; His Macedonian Identity, The values of the Argead Kingship, Macedonian relations with Greece, Macedonian relations and knowledge of Persia and the importance of the army. This approach is noteworthy as too often a historian may be tempted to write a book just focused on one of these rather than each factors relationship with the other. In some areas Thomas sticks to convention looking at the kingship as a Hellenistic Military Monarchy - but in other areas some interesting ground is covered - the physical geography of Macedonia is well discussed as well as a good discussion of the Argead line a subject that is genuinely under discussed in academia. Though perhaps the ultimnate success of the book is in its ability to recognise Alexander's debts (to Philip, Archelaos, Olympias, Aristotle) and still recognise that what he himself achieved was still both great and showing genius. Too often recent works have sought to downplay Alexander's greatness and explain it away by giving credit elsewhere.

This work is well worth serious consideration by both those in serious study and also those with a strong interest in Alexander, Hellenistic or Macedonian history. That the work is written by a confessed non-Alexander specialist makes the work highly refreshing and insightful.

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