Classical Studies 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Victor Davis Hanson, Ernst Badian, Beat 'Em Up
22 Jan 2020
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His tour of conquest, how he changed the world. Victor davis hansen: by saying he was ruthless, indicates that he has no emotion, but that is not true he mourns his friends when they die complexity. Hard to determine if he was great" bc the definition is different from back then to now. Assessing alexander: a hero who sought the unity of mankind . Droysen history of alexander the great(1833) (hegelian idea) Ernst badian alexander and the unity of mankind (in historia7, 1958) Hanson: megalomaniac, drunken brawler, earning rightly a place amid the worst monsters history has to offer (p. 197) Problems: projecting into sources, rationalizing ancient accounts. Solution understand alexander in his context (role of myth!: allow paradoxical traits (cf. Assessing alexander: a man who changed the cultural history of the world. Fox: alexander the great (1973)1: avoid anachronistic criteria.
