Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Besides the Big Five narrative histories of Alexander, a wide variety of other ancient sources talk about him and his campaign from stray mentions to more extended anecdotes and even essays. These run the gamut from contemporary Greek authors (Demosthenes, Aeschines, Hypereides ... Aristotle *kinda*), to later Greek and Latin authors: Strabo, Seneca, Plutarch, Aelian Tacitus, Athenaeus, Polyaenus, Lucian, Pausanias, Aelian, and Diogenes Laertus. Each at least mention him, and I introduce them all in brief. (There were some others I pass over in the interest of time.)
At 18:00, I accidentally refer to Athenaeus as Athenasius, apologies. It's a mistake I make now and then, annoyingly, as I teach about both of them, so my tongue gets twisted. Just want to clarify, as they've very different!
Besides the Big Five narrative histories of Alexander, a wide variety of other ancient sources talk about him and his campaign from stray mentions to more extended anecdotes and even essays. These run the gamut from contemporary Greek authors (Demosthenes, Aeschines, Hypereides ... Aristotle *kinda*), to later Greek and Latin authors: Strabo, Seneca, Plutarch, Aelian Tacitus, Athenaeus, Polyaenus, Lucian, Pausanias, Aelian, and Diogenes Laertus. Each at least mention him, and I introduce them all in brief. (There were some others I pass over in the interest of time.)
At 18:00, I accidentally refer to Athenaeus as Athenasius, apologies. It's a mistake I make now and then, annoyingly, as I teach about both of them, so my tongue gets twisted. Just want to clarify, as they've very different!
