ISBN10: 0520238818, ISBN13: 9780520238817, [publisher: University of California Press] Hardcover
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University of California Press 2003 Hardcover Very good May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

ISBN10: 0520238818, ISBN13: 9780520238817, [publisher: University of California Press] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Date: 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0520238818 . Previous owner name, place inked to upper right of title page. ; Illus. , maps, jacket now in a clear protector; 198 pages . 2003. University of California Press ISBN 0520238818 9780520238817 [US]

ISBN10: 0520238818, ISBN13: 9780520238817, [publisher: Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London : University of California Press] Hardcover XV, 198 p., ill., map. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Overall very good and clean. - To all those who witnessed his extraordinary conquests, from Albania to India, Alexander the Great appeared invincible. How Alexander himself promoted this appearance—how he abetted the belief that he enjoyed divine favor and commanded even the forces of nature against his enemies—is the subject of Frank L. Holt’s absorbing book. Solid evidence for the "supernaturalized" Alexander lies in a rare series of medallions that depict the triumphant young king at war against the elephants, archers, and chariots of Rajah Porus of India at the battle of the Hydaspes River. Recovered from Afghanistan and Iraq in sensational and sometimes perilous circumstances, these ancient artifacts Trave long animated the modern historical debate about Alexander. Holt’s book, the first devoted to the mystery of these ancient medallions, takes us into the history of their discovery and interpretation, into the knowable facts of their manufacture and meaning, and, ultimately, into the king’s own psyche and his frightening theology of war. The result is a valuable analysis of Alexander history and myth, a vivid account of numismatics, and a spellbinding look into ...

Berkeley, CA University of California Press 2003 Hard cover New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 217 p. Contains: Illustrations. Hellenistic Culture and Society, 44. Audience: General/trade.