UID:
almahu_9949546445902882
Format:
1 online resource (192 p.) :
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2 b-w illus.
ISBN:
9780300269024
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9783110993899
Series Statement:
Ancient Lives
Content:
A portrait of one of the ancient world's first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again The life of Demetrius (337-283 BCE) serves as a through-line to the forty years following the death of Alexander the Great (323-282 BCE), a time of unparalleled turbulence and instability in the ancient world. With no monarch able to take Alexander's place, his empire fragmented into five pieces. Capitalizing on good looks, youth, and sexual prowess, Demetrius sought to weld those pieces together and recover the dream of a single world state, with a new Alexander-himself-at its head. He succeeded temporarily, but in crucial, colossal engagements-a massive invasion of Egypt, a siege of Rhodes that went on a full year, and the Battle of Ipsus-he came up just short. He ended his career in a rash invasion of Asia and became the target of a desperate manhunt only to be captured and destroyed by his own son-in-law.
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Frontmatter --
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THE WORLD OF ALEXANDER' S SUCCESSORS --
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ANCIENT LIVES --
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Contents --
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CHAPTER ONE. His Father's Son --
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CHAPTER TWO. The Apprenticeship of a General --
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CHAPTER THREE. The Duel with Ptolemy (I) --
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CHAPTER FOUR. Petra and Babylon --
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CHAPTER FIVE. Athens and Megara --
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CHAPTER SIX. The Duel with Ptolemy (II) --
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CHAPTER SEVEN. The Duel with Ptolemy (III) --
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CHAPTER EIGHT. Assault on Rhodes (I) --
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CHAPTER NINE. Assault on Rhodes (II) --
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CHAPTER TEN. Demetrius the Descender --
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CHAPTER ELEVEN. The War of the Five Armies --
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CHAPTER TWELVE. Lord of the Isles --
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN. In Search of a Kingdom --
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN. "Then Don't Be a King" --
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Unraveling --
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN. A King in Plain Clothes --
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Great Anabasis --
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Twists of the Knife --
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CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Final Crossing --
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Epilogue --
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Chronology --
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Genealogy --
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Source Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
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EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
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EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993752
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EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110993738
In:
Yale University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110749779
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300269024
URL:
https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300269024?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780300269024
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