Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World

New York, N.Y.: Collier Books, 1966. New, Enlarged Edition [stated]. Second printing [stated]. This edition was revised for Collier Books. Mass market paperback. Fair. 221 pages. Stamp inside the front cover. Address sticker, stamped number, and ink notations on the half-title page. Ink underling and comments noted. Sticker on spine. Includes Spelling and Pronunciation of Names, Note on Books, and Index. Chapters include Parents and Child; The Men and the Hour; The Prince; King Alexander; Army and Leader; The Conqueror; The Sacker of Cities; The Son of God; The King of Kings; The Increasing Strain; Indian Summer; The End of the Adventure; The Heritage of Alexander; Alexander and the Middle East; and Alexander in World History. Andrew Robert Burn was born in 1902 . He was educated at Uppingham School and then Christchurch College, Oxford. He was the Senior Classical Master at Uppingham School from 1927 until 1940 when he became the British Council representative in Greece until 1941. During the 1939-1941 war he served with the Intelligence Corps in the Middle East from 1941 until 1944 before being appoint as the 2nd secretary in the British Embassy in Athens, Greece. In 1946 , he was appointed as the Senior Lecturer and sole member of the Department of Ancient History at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. In 1965, he was appointed as a Reader but resigned the post in 1969 , becoming the visiting professor at 'A College Year in Athens' at Athens. He published widely on Ancient Greece and Rome. From the bloody campaigns that made all of Greece and the Balkans his own, to his brutal and fiery subjugation of the fabulous Persian Empire of Dareios and his breathtakingly bold Indian conquests, Alexander of Macedon made all of the world he could measure by his armies a Hellenistic world. The author brilliantly describes and analyzes this conquest and transformation, recounting the life of Alexander in a style that captures much of the frenzied spirit and demonic strength of will and leadership of the great soldier--a spirit and strength that drove his war-weary armies to unending victory from Alexandropolis to the Punjab. The author authentically re-creates the full fabric of Alexander's world, throughout weighing the impact of his legendary conquests. Alexander III of Macedon; 20/21 July 356 BC - 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. He was born in Pella in 356 BC and succeeded his father Philip II to the throne at the age of 20. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through western Asia and northeast Africa, and by the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history's most successful military commanders. Alexander's legacy includes the cultural diffusion and syncretism which his conquests engendered, such as Greco-Buddhism. He founded some twenty cities that bore his name, most notably Alexandria in Egypt. Alexander's settlement of Greek colonists and the resulting spread of Greek culture in the east resulted in a new Hellenistic civilization, aspects of which were still evident in the traditions of the Byzantine Empire in the mid-15th century AD and the presence of Greek speakers in central and far eastern Anatolia until the Greek genocide and the population exchange in the 1920s. Alexander became legendary as a classical hero in the mould of Achilles, and he features prominently in the history and mythic traditions of both Greek and non-Greek cultures. He was undefeated in battle and became the measure against which military leaders compared themselves. Military academies throughout the world still teach his tactics. He is often ranked among the most influential people in history.