009: The Age of Alexander - Son of a God, King of the World

This action packed episode covers Alexander’s travels and tribulations in Egypt, the nature of godhood, and closes with the final confrontation with Darius at Gaugamela. Episode Notes; hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/2019/09/30/009-the-age-of-alexander-son-of-a-god-king-of-the-world/ Twitter: twitter.com//HellenisticPod iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-h…d1377920930?mt=2 Sources Used : “The Anabasis of Alexander” - Arrian “Life of Alexander” - Plutarch “Library of History” – Diodorus Siculus “The History of Alexander” – Quintus Curtius Rufus Collins, A. Alexander’s Visit to Siwah: A New Analysis. Phoenix, vol. 68, no.1, pp. 62-77 Devine, A. M. “Grand Tactics at Gaugamela.” Phoenix, vol. 29, no. 4, 1975, pp. 374–385. Shaw, Ian. “The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt”. New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Print Stoneman, Richard. ‘Alexander the Man (and God?)’. The Landmark Arrian. Ed. James Romm. New York: Anchor Books. 2010. Strauss, Barry. “Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership”. New York: Simon & Schuster 2012. Print