Waldemar Heckel - In the Path of Conquest: Resistance to Alexander the Great

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Heckel, Waldemar, 1949 author.

Title: In the path of Conquest : resistance to Alexander the Great / Waldemar Heckel.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019033836 (print) | LCCN 2019033837 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780190076689 (hardback) | ISBN 9780190076702 (epub) |

ISBN 9780190076696 | ISBN 9780197501146

Subjects: LCSH: Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.323 B.C. |

GreeceHistoryMacedonian Expansion, 359323 B.C. |

GeneralsGreeceBiography. | GreeceKings and rulersBiography. |

GreeceHistoryMacedonian Expansion, 359323 B.C.Sources.

Classification: LCC DF234.2 .H375 2020 (print) |

LCC DF234.2 (ebook) | DDC 938/.07092 [B]dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019033836

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019033837

This book is dedicated to my grandson,

Alexander James DeWolfe

in order to reach a wider audience and make this book more lively, I have included numerous passages from the ancient sources, believing their words more effective than any paraphrase. The majority of the passages quoted have been translated by my friend John Yardley; there are a few exceptions, which are acknowledged in the footnotes. Therefore, my first and greatest debt is to him. I am also grateful to the usual group of Alexander scholars to whom I have regularly turned for guidance and instruction. Stefan Vranka of Oxford University Press has given support and encouragement throughout the process. I am particularly indebted to Fred Naiden, who read and criticized a preliminary version, and to my sister, Anneli Purchase, who corrected numerous mistakes in my writing and forced me to simplify the most convoluted arguments. Special thanks go out also to Sheila Ager, Ed Anson, Liz Baynham, Pierre Briant, Beth Carney, Monica DAgostini, Konrad Kinzl, Franca Landucci Gattinoni, and Yossi Roisman and to my former students Erin Garvin, Carolyn Willekes, and Graham Wrightson. Most of all, I acknowledge the continuing friendship and support of Tim Howe and Sabine Mller (both of whom generously sent me published material that I found difficult to obtain), as well as Larry Tritle, John Vanderspoel, and Pat Wheatley. Of course, I thank my family, and it is to the youngest (for now) of them that I dedicate this book.

Calgary, October 15, 2018