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History of Alexander (2 volumes)

Door Quintus Curtius

Categorie	Klassieke Oudheid
Boeknummer	#422103-YF14
Titel	History of Alexander (2 volumes)
Auteur	Curtius, Quintus
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Cambridge, MA/London : Harvard University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1998
ISBN10	0674994051
ISBN13	9780674994058
Taal	Engels, Overig
Beschrijving	2 uniform original gilt lettered red cloths, dust jackets, translated by John C. Rolfe, double page map in b/w, XXXIV,429,(1)+(8),628,(4) pages, text in Latin and English, 8vo. Loeb Classical Library 368 and 368. ISBN volume I: 9780674994058 and ISBN volume II: 9780674994072.
Samenvatting	Quintus Curtius was apparently a rhetorician who lived in the first century of the Roman empire and, early in the reign of Claudius (41-54 CE), wrote a history of Alexander the Great in 10 books in clear and picturesque style for Latin readers. The first two books have not survived--the narrative begins with events in 333 BCE--and there is material missing from books V, VI, and X. One of his main sources is Cleitarchus who, about 300 BCE, had made Alexander's career a matter of marvellous adventure. Curtius is not a critical historian; and in his desire to entertain and to stress the personality of Alexander, he elaborates effective scenes, omits much that is important for history, and does not worry about chronology. But he does not invent things, except speeches and letters inserted into... (Lees verder) the narrative by traditional habit. 'I copy more than I believe', he says. Three features of his story are narrative of exciting experiences, development of a hero's character, and a disposition to moralise. His history is one of the five extant works on which historians rely for the career of Alexander the Great.
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