Alexander and the Unification of Man

[mylesh]

I am doing a bibliography on Alexander and his conscious or not so conscious policy of unifying the macedonians and persians. I was wondering if anyone here knows of any books that cover this topic and/or academic journal articles on it. Thanks for your help.

[marcus]

I can give you some pointers, certainly - but I need a bit of time to access my own bibliography if I am to give you any specific details.Don't go away! :-)Marcus

[agesilaos]

E BADIAN 'ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND THE UNITY OF MANKIND' HISTORIA 7 1958 pp425-44A B BOSWORTH 'ALEXANDER AND THE IRANIANS' JHS 100 1980 pp1-21G T GRIFFITH 'ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND AN EXPERIMENT IN GOVERNMENT' PROCEEDINGS OF THE CAMBRIDGE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1964 pp23-39

[marcus]

That's a good start, Karl. There are at least two or three more that I have details of, although I didn't have a copy of my bibliography with me at work, which I thought I did.All the bestMarcus

[abm]

P. BRIANT, Darius dans lGÇÖombre dGÇÖAlexandre, Paris 2003, pp. 255-264.M. BROSIUS, GÇÿAlexander and the PersiansGÇÖ, in J. ROISMAN (ed.),BrillGÇÖs Companion to Alexander the Great, Leiden GÇô Boston 2003, pp. 169-193.E.A. FREDRICKSMEYER, GÇÿAlexander and the Kingship of AsiaGÇÖ, in A.B. BOSWORTH & E. J. BAYNHAM (edd.), Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction, Oxford 2000, pp. 136-166, passim.J.R. HAMILTON, GÇÿAlexanderGÇÖs Iranian PolicyGÇÖ, in W. WILL & J. HEINRICHS (edd.), Zu Alexander d.Gr. Festschrift G. Wirth zum 60. Geburtstag am 9.12.86, 2 vols., Amsterdam 1987-88, I, pp. 467-486.J. SEIBERT, Alexander der Gro+ƒe (Ertr+ñge der Forschung 10), Darmstadt 1972, pp. 186-192, discusses all studies prior to 1970.and many more of course

[jona]

The classic statement of the Unity of Mankind-idea is W.W. Tarn trilogy of chapters in the first edition of the *Cambridge Ancient History* (1927). Tarn's later book on Alexander offers nothing new.Jona

[marcus]

See also:PA Brunt "The Aims of Alexander" Greece & Rome, 12 (1965) 205-215
Henry M De Mauriac "Alexander the Great and the Politics of Homonoia" (don't know the journal)
WW Tarn "Alexander's hypomnimata and the World Kingdom" JHS 48 (1928) 206-219
WW Tarn "Alexander the Great and the Unity of Mankind" The Classical Journal 63 (1968) 258-260 (I think this is a reply to Badian's article)
WW Tarn "Alexander the Great. Vol II: Sources & Studies" 1948 (paperback 2002) Chapters 24-25 (which I think is a reworking of his CAH sections, as mentioned by Jona)All the bestMarcus