Philip II and Alexander the Great Father and Son, Lives and Afterlives

, by Carney, Elizabeth; Ogden, Daniel

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ISBN: 9780199738151 | 0199738157
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Copyright: 6/24/2010

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A selection from the papers presented at an international symposium, "Philip II and Alexander III: Father, Son and Dunasteia," held April 3-5, 2008, at Clemson University, in South Carolina.

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Contributors	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. xix
Father, Son, and Court
The "Pixodarus Affair" Reconsidered Again	p. 3
The Bearded King and the Beardless Hero: From Philip II to Alexander the Great	p. 13
In the Shadow of His Father: Alexander, Hermolaus, and the Legend of Philip	p. 25
Philip's Eurydice in the Philippeum at Olympia	p. 33
Putting Women in Their Place: Women in Public under Philip II and Alexander III and the Last Argeads	p. 43
The Symposia of Philip II and Alexander III of Macedon: The View from Greece	p. 55
Philip and Alexander at War
Consensus Strategies under Philip and Alexander: The Revenge Theme	p. 69
The Asthetairoi: Macedonia's Hoplites	p. 81
The Argeads and the Phalanx	p. 91
Scythed Chariots at Gaugamela: A Case Study	p. 103
After Philip and Alexander: Legacy and Legitimation
Cassander and the Legacy of Philip II and Alexander III in Diodorus' Library	p. 113
The Role of the Argeadai in the Legitimation of the Ptolemaic Dynasty: Rhetoric and Practice	p. 123
Hieronymus of Cardia: Causation and Bias from Alexander to His Successors	p. 135
Reception of Father and Son
Argead Dunasteia during the Reigns of Philip II and Alexander III: Aristotle Reconsidered	p. 151
"Worldwide Empire" versus "Glorious Enterprise": Diodorus and Justin on Philip II and Alexander the Great	p. 165
"You Should Never Meet Your Heroes ...": Growing Up with Alexander, the Valerius Maximus Way	p. 175
His Son's Father? Philip II in the Second Sophistic	p. 193
Alexander in the Underworld	p. 205
"And Your Father Sees You": Paternity in Alexander (2004)	p. 217
Notes	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 305
Index	p. 339
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