Into the land of bones : Alexander the Great in Afghanistan PDF
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Into the Land of Bones The Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature In honor of beloved Virgil— “O degli altri poeti onore e lume . . .” Into the Land of Bones Alexanderthe Great in Afghanistan Frank L. Holt With aNew Preface Foreword by Peter Green UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley LosAngeles London Thepublishergratefullyacknowledgesthe generouscontributiontothisbookprovidedby theClassicalLiteratureEndowmentFundofthe UniversityofCalifornia PressAssociates, which issupportedbyamajorgiftfromJoanPalevskY. UniversityofCaliforniaPress BerkeleyandLosAngeles,California UniversityofCaliforniaPress,Ltd. London,England Firstpaperbackprinting2006 ©2005,2012byTheRegentsoftheUniversityofCalifornia ISBN:978-0-520-27432-7 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Holt,FrankLee. Intothelandofbones:AlexandertheGreatinAfghanistan/ FrankL.Holt. p. cm.-(Hellenisticcultureandsociety;47) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN-I3:978-0-520-24993-6(pbk.:alk.paper) I.Alexander,theGreat,356-323B.C. 2.Afghanistan History,Military. 1.Title. II.Series. DF234·57·H652005 939'.6-dc22 20°4024131 18 '7 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 7 6 4 2 10keepingwithacommitmenttosupportenvironmentallyresponsible andsustainableprintingpractices,UCPresshasprintedthisbookon NaturesNatural,afiberthatcontains30%post-consumerwasteand meetstheminimumrequirementsofANSI/NISOz39.48-1992(R1997) (PermanenceofPaper). For James Lafayette and Catherine Roberts Drinkard, Loving in-laws who gave me the gift of a lifetime This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS ListofIllustration.1 IX Foreword XI Preface XV ChapterOne. Introduction ChapterTwo. HuntingtheEnemy 23 ChapterThree. A DesperateStruggle 45 ChapterFour. TheHydra HeadsofBactria 66 ChapterFive. Loveand War 85 Chapter Six. Dark Shadows 105 Chapter Seven. The Legacy 125 Chapter Eight. Conclusion 149 Appendix. Ancient Sources 165 Notes 173 Select Bibliography 213 Index 231 ILLUSTRATIONS MAPS 1. Modern Afghanistan 3 2. The world of Alexander 13 3. Ancient Bactria 33 4. Ai Khanoum 157
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