Alexander secondary scholarship

Tarn (alx divinity)

Issued a ‘deification decree’ to the Greek poleis as pretext for Exiles Decree, superseding his authority as Hegemon (Hyperides Epitaphos 6)

Tarn (antigonus divinity)

Believed he was the only successor king never to receive divine honours (Plut. Moralia)

Badian (divinity)

Did not receive divine honours in his lifetime but ‘came to long for the genuine article, at least in the Greek world, if not the Persian’

Bosworth (divinity)

Uses Ephippus (quoted by Athenaeus) to suggest Alex believed he was the living embodiment of Zeus-Ammon, wore purple robes and vestments of gods

Thonemann (greeks)

R/O 86 Priene, if translate ‘Greeks’ rather than Prieneans as Thonemann does, this inscription is evidence for preferential treatment of Greeks

Briant (alx)

Last of the Achaemenids

Bichler (Gaugamela forces)

Survey of estimates, common ground in ancient sources is only that the Persian numbers are absurdly large (40,000-200,000, but Greek numbers generally accepted)

Bosworth (Persian empire)

‘Ripe for attack’, plagued by succession disputes in royal house & endemic revolts in the satrapies (Egypt, Cyprus, Satrap revolt 360s BC), whole fabric at times threatened with dissolution

Bosworth (Eumenes)

His death (315 BC) marked a turning point in the survival of the Argead dynasty