Arrian: Alexander the Great
Selections from Arrian

Accessible translations for GCSE students.

Arrian (Author), J. Gordon Lloyd (Edited and translated by)

9780521281959, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 19 November 1981

116 pages
21.7 x 14 x 0.8 cm, 0.145 kg

Accessible translations for GCSE students. The translated extracts in Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian, are linked by commentaries which continue the narrative and discuss points in the text needing explanation.

1. Introduction
2. Conquest of Asia Minor
3. Phoenicia, Egypt and Darius' defeat
4. Plots and intrigues at court
5. The eastern frontier
6. Alexander's return to Babylon and death
Index of translated extracts
Suggested books for further reading
Index
Maps and plans.

Subject Areas: Educational: History [YQH]