The Hellenistic Period
Subtitle: Historical Sources in Translation (Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History, 1)
Contributors: Peter Derow (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: October 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781405101325
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; Mediterranean Region; Hellenism; To 476; Europe - General; History - General History; Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C.; History: World; Ancient Greece; Ancient World; History; Ancient - Greece; GREECE_HISTORY_TO 146 B.C.; History / Ancient / Greece; MEDITERRANEAN REGION_HISTORY; Sources; Ancient - General; General; Greece
First sentence: Following his victory over the Persians in the cavalry battle at the Granikos River in May 334, Alexander proceeded south in Asia Minor and, after his arrival at Ephesos, set about the liberation of the Greek cities (Arrian 1.18.1-2; on Alexander's actions and policy here see A. J. Heisserer, Alexander the Great and the Greeks [Norman, OK, 1980], especially chapter 6).