SE From Arrian to Alexander Studies in Historical InterpretationFROM ARRIAN TO ALEXANDER Studies in ENstorical Interpretation * A. B. BOSWORTH CLARENDON PRESS - OXFORDOXFORD Great Clarendon Stec, ‘Oxford ox2 bor Oxford University Press is:a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worktwide in Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogoté Buenos Aires Calcutta ‘Nairobi Paris Séo Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan registered trade mark of Oxford University Prest in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States. by Oxford University Press Inc., New York A. B. Bosworth 1988 ‘The moral rights of the author have bee asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) Reprinted 2000 All rights reserved. No jt of this publication may be reproduces, stored in acetreval system, or transmied,i-any form or by any means the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as txpresy permitted bylaw, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographies rights organizations. Enquiries concerning reproduction ‘outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above ‘You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquires ISBN 0-19-814863-1 Printed im Great Britain on acidefree paper by Biddles Short Run Books King’s Lynn Oxford Scholarly Classics ‘This new series brings together a number of great academic works from the archives of Oxford University Press, Reissued in Spring 2000 ina uniform series design, Oxford Scholarly Classics will enable libraries, scholars and students to gain fresh access to some of the finest scholarship of the last century. Oxford |Foy hw B CONTENTS List of Figures viii Table viii Abbreviations ix Introduction: Some Basic Principles 1 Arrian and his Historical Production 16 The Handling of Sources 38 The Secondary Tradition 6r The Problem of the Speeches 94 The Peroration: Arrian’s View of Alexander 135 The Ephemerides: The Tradition of the King’s Death 157 Alexander's Last Plans 185, Bibliography 213 General Index 219= Oxrorp ScHorarty CLAssics ‘This new series brings together a number of great academic works from the archives of Oxford University Press. Reissued in a uniform: series design in Spring 2000, Oxford Scholarly Classics will enable libraries, scholars, and students to gain fresh access to some of the z finest scholarship of the last century. ISBN 0-19-814863-1 INN 9 MN OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS www.oup.com