Crossroads of History:

The Age of Alexander

     This collection of eleven essays is noteworthy for its chronological range, from the time of Dion of Syracuse in the mid-fourth century to that of Antigonus and his son Demetrius Poliocetes in the early third century, and for its variety of topics, from the extravagant honors for Dion at Syracuse to the Alexander-coinage of the Besieger at Tyre. The leitmotiv, however, is Alexander the Great, with six essays dealing with him directly, and the remaining five doing so at least tangentially. The subject of Alexander continues to fascinate, not only because it is controversial, but also because it is recognized to be relevant to us, especially in light of recent and current world events.

• Introductory Essay — E.A. Fredicksmeyer
• Heroic Honours in Syracuse — A.B. Bosworth
• Politics, Philosophy and Propaganda: Hermias of Atarneus and his friendship with Aristotle — Peter Green
• Elite Education and High Culture in Macedonia — Elizabeth D. Carney
• Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes — Ian Worthington
• Daruis IIII and Homeland Defense — E. Edward Garvin
• The Episode of Philotas: An Insight — W. Lindsay Adams
• Alexander and the Killing of Cleitus the Black— Lawrence A. Tritle
• Alexander the Great and the ‘Limits of the Civilized World’ — Waldemar Heckel
• The Universal State of Alexander the Great — J.M. Alonso-Núñez
• The Mint at Tyre after the Battle of Ipsus— P.V. Wheatley
• The Legacy of Alexander: New Ways of Being Greek in the Hellenistic Period — S.M. Burstein

Heckel, W., and Tritle, L., eds.  (2000).   310 Pages
  ISBN 0-930053-28-2, (HB)  $ 36.95.               ISBN 0-930053-29-0, (PB)  $ 18.95.