History of Alexander the Great by Johann Gustav Droysen (Author), Flora Kimmich (translator), Glen W. Bowersock (preface), Brian Bosworth (foreword)
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Overview: Flora Kimmich has translated J.G. Droysen’s classic study into English for the first time. Through her masterly rendering she brings this foundational work of modern historiography of the ancient world to a new audience. Based entirely on ancient sources, this is an exhaustive, beautifully narrated account of Alexander from the origins of the ancient Macedonian kingdom to Alexander s death in Babylon in 323 B.C. Droysen’s interpretation of Alexander, first published in 1833 by a 25-year-old Privatdozent, is colored both by the idealistic exuberance of German romanticism and the wars of liberation and, in a substantially revised second edition published in 1877, by the imperial optimism of a newly consolidated Germany. This translation of the 1877 edition, with complete notes, does full justice to Droysen’s celebrated prose style. The monograph is enhanced with special introductory sections by Glen W. Bowersock (Professor Emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study) and Brian Bosworth (Senior Honorary Research Fellow, Univ. of Western Australia). Map.
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Alcibiades wrote:This is an 1833 classic work from one of the most important historians of the 19th century. It is not only one of the most important works of Alexander historiography, but one of the most important works of 19th century historiography, full stop. It originated a phrase for an entire era of world history, "Hellenistic Era", which is still used to this day. It was first translated to English in 2012 (this translation), with a foreword by one of the most important Alexander scholars of 20th century (A. B. Bosworth).It’s one of the rare books that can be plausible argued to be more worth than its weight in gold to the lovers of history.
