2003, ISBN: 0520238818

Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions. von Holt, Frank L.:Autor(en) Holt, Frank L.:Verlag / Jahr Berkeley ; Los … Mehr…

Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions. von Holt, Frank L.:Autor(en) Holt, Frank L.:Verlag / Jahr Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London : University of California Press, 2003.Format / Einband Original cloth with dust jacket. XV, 198 p., ill., map.Sprache EnglischGewicht ca. 550 gISBN 0520238818EAN 9780520238817Bestell-Nr 1174181Bemerkungen From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Overall very good and clean. - To all those who witnessed his extraordinary conquests, from Albania to India, Alexander the Great appeared invincible. How Alexander himself promoted this appearance—how he abetted the belief that he enjoyed divine favor and commanded even the forces of nature against his enemies—is the subject of Frank L. Holt’s absorbing book. Solid evidence for the “supernaturalized” Alexander lies in a rare series of medallions that depict the triumphant young king at war against the elephants, archers, and chariots of Rajah Porus of India at the battle of the Hydaspes River. Recovered from Afghanistan and Iraq in sensational and sometimes perilous circumstances, these ancient artifacts Trave long animated the modern historical debate about Alexander. Holt’s book, the first devoted to the mystery of these ancient medallions, takes us into the history of their discovery and interpretation, into the knowable facts of their manufacture and meaning, and, ultimately, into the king’s own psyche and his frightening theology of war. The result is a valuable analysis of Alexander history and myth, a vivid account of numismatics, and a spellbinding look into the age-old mechanics of megalomania. - FRANK L. HOLT is Professor of History at the University of Houston. He is the author of Thundering Zeus: The Making of Hellenistic Bactria (California, 1999) and Alexander the Great and Bactria: The Formation of a Greek Frontier in Central Asia (1988), and the editor of The Greeks in Bactria and India (1985). ISBN 9780520238817Unser Preis EUR 23,00(inkl. MwSt.)Versandkostenfrei innerhalb DeutschlandsSelbstverständlich können Sie den Titel auch bei uns abholen. Unsere Bestände befinden sich in Berlin-Tiergarten. Bitte senden Sie uns eine kurze Nachricht!Aufgenommen mit whBOOKSicheres Bestellen - Order-Control geprüft!Artikel eingestellt mit dem w+h GmbH eBay-Service Daten und Bilder powered by Buchfreund (2023-07-18), Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Genre: Kunst & Kultur, Thema: Biographien & Wahre Geschichten, Sprache: Englisch, EAN: 9780520238817, Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London : University of California Press, 2003<

ISBN: 9780520238817

"Frank Holt probably knows more than anyone alive about the mysterious Greek kingdoms in Bactria and on the frontiers of India that were one of the odder legacies of Alexander's Eastern c… Mehr…

"Frank Holt probably knows more than anyone alive about the mysterious Greek kingdoms in Bactria and on the frontiers of India that were one of the odder legacies of Alexander's Eastern conquests. The literary evidence is sparse, the coins remain ambiguous, the topography defeats all but the toughest. Holt's forays into this world are those of a clever and persistent detective: he loves cracking problems, and the tougher they are, the better. This time--very properly beginning by invoking the name of Sherlock Holmes--he has given us what Conan Doyle would probably have called 'The Adventure of the Elephant Medallions.' Debate has raged over the scene these portray ever since the first was discovered. A cavalryman with a lance confronts an opponent on an elephant. Who are they? What is the occasion? Guesses have ranged from Alexander to the Greco-Bactrian monarch Eucratides, from Porus at the Jhelum to Darius at Gaugamela. Using his numismatic and historical skills like a Holmesian magnifying-glass, Holt takes us through the theories, deftly explodes the fallacies, and comes up with a (for me) entirely cogent and satisfying solution. He has also, somewhere along the way, acquired a really marvelous prose style. Not only is the problem in itself a page-turner; Holt also throws in, by way of introduction, the best short impressionistic account of Alexander's career I have ever read. This is high scholarship at its most exciting."--Peter Green, author of "Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B. C.: A Historical Biography"[This book] brings to a wider audience one of the few contemporary pieces of evidence for the image and ideology of Alexander the Great. While relatively well known to expertsin the field, the 'elephant medallions' of the title are far less well understood, and have thus played a smaller part, in popular accounts of Alexander than they probably should. Holt's book offers a well thought out introduction first to Alexander and the Alexander story, second to the entrance of the 'medallions' into modern scholarship, and third to the medallions themselves."--Andrew Meadows, Curator of Greek Coins, British Museum Media > Book, [PU: University of California Press]<

2003, ISBN: 9780520238817

Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London, University of California Press, XV, 198 p., ill., map. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW… Mehr…

Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London, University of California Press, XV, 198 p., ill., map. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Overall very good and clean. - To all those who witnessed his extraordinary conquests, from Albania to India, Alexander the Great appeared invincible. How Alexander himself promoted this appearance?how he abetted the belief that he enjoyed divine favor and commanded even the forces of nature against his enemies?is the subject of Frank L. Holt?s absorbing book. Solid evidence for the ?supernaturalized? Alexander lies in a rare series of medallions that depict the triumphant young king at war against the elephants, archers, and chariots of Rajah Porus of India at the battle of the Hydaspes River. Recovered from Afghanistan and Iraq in sensational and sometimes perilous circumstances, these ancient artifacts Trave long animated the modern historical debate about Alexander. Holt?s book, the first devoted to the mystery of these ancient medallions, takes us into the history of their discovery and interpretation, into the knowable facts of their manufacture and meaning, and, ultimately, into the king?s own psyche and his frightening theology of war. The result is a valuable analysis of Alexander history and myth, a vivid account of numismatics, and a spellbinding look into the age-old mechanics of megalomania. - FRANK L. HOLT is Professor of History at the University of Houston. He is the author of Thundering Zeus: The Making of Hellenistic Bactria (California, 1999) and Alexander the Great and Bactria: The Formation of a Greek Frontier in Central Asia (1988), and the editor of The Greeks in Bactria and India (1985). ISBN 9780520238817Biographie 2003, [PU: University of California Press]<