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Decapitation in Sources on Alexander the Great

Decapitation in Sources on Alexander the Great

Mendoza, Marc

Hardcover

Literary CriticismGeneral European HistoryHistoriography

ISBN10: 3031191730
ISBN13: 9783031191732
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Dec 17 2022
Pages: 129
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book explores cases of decapitation found in sources on the reign of Alexander the Great. Despite the enormous literature on the career of Alexander the Great, this is the first study on the characterisation of violent deaths during his hectic reign. This historiographical omission has involved the tacit and blind acceptance of the details found in the ancient sources. Therefore, this book seeks to illustrate how cultural expectations, literary models, and ideological taboos shaped these accounts and argues for a close and critical reading of the sources. Given the different cultural considerations surrounding decapitation in Greek and Roman cultures, this book illustrates how those biases could have differently shaped certain episodes depending on the ultimate writer.

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