Darius in the Shadow of Alexander / / Pierre Briant.
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...
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| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface to the English- Language Edition
- Translator’s Note
- Introduction: Between Remembering and Forgetting
- I. THE IMPOSSIBLE BIOGRAPHY
- 1. A Shadow among His Own
- 2. Darius Past and Present
- II. CONTRASTING PORTRAITS
- 3. “The Last Darius, the One Who Was Defeated by Alexander”
- 4. Arrian’s Darius
- 5. A Different Darius or the Same One?
- 6. Darius between Greece and Rome
- III. RELUCTANCE AND ENTHUSIASM
- 7. Upper King and Lower King
- 8. Iron Helmet, Silver Vessels
- 9. The Great King’s Private and Public Lives
- IV. DARIUS AND DĀRĀ
- 10. Dārā and Iskandar
- 11. Death and Transfiguration
- V. A FINAL ASSESSMENT AND A FEW PROPOSALS
- 12. Darius in Battle: Variations on the Theme “Images and Realities”
- Abbreviations
- Greek and Roman Sources
- General Bibliography
- Notes
- Thematic Notes by Chapter
- Illustration Credits
- Index