3. “The Last Darius, the One Who Was Defeated by Alexander”

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter a
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Preface to the English- Language Edition ix
5. Translator’s Note xvii
6. Introduction: Between Remembering and Forgetting 1
7. I. THE IMPOSSIBLE BIOGRAPHY
8. 1. A Shadow among His Own 15
9. 2. Darius Past and Present 65
10. II. CONTRASTING PORTRAITS
11. 3. “The Last Darius, the One Who Was Defeated by Alexander” 109
12. 4. Arrian’s Darius 130
13. 5. A Different Darius or the Same One? 155
14. 6. Darius between Greece and Rome 202
15. III. RELUCTANCE AND ENTHUSIASM
16. 7. Upper King and Lower King 233
17. 8. Iron Helmet, Silver Vessels 282
18. 9. The Great King’s Private and Public Lives 320
19. IV. DARIUS AND DĀRĀ
20. 10. Dārā and Iskandar 357
21. 11. Death and Transfiguration 394
22. V. A FINAL ASSESSMENT AND A FEW PROPOSALS
23. 12. Darius in Battle: Variations on the Theme “Images and Realities” 425
24. Abbreviations 451
25. Greek and Roman Sources 455
26. General Bibliography 461
27. Notes 491
28. Thematic Notes by Chapter 531
29. Illustration Credits 563
30. Index 567