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  Wrightson, G. 2010. “The Nature of Command in the Macedonian Sarissa Phalanx,” AHB 24: 71–92.

  Yorck von Wartenburg, M. 1897. Kurze Übersicht der Feldzüge Alexanders des Grossen. Berlin.

  Young, R. 1963. “Gordion of the Royal Road,” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 107: 348–64.

  Index

  Abdera, 38, 43

  Abisaras, 183

  Achaemenids, 34–35, 189

  Achilles, 15, 18, 19, 42–43, 47, 50, 53, 60, 62, 172, 203, 221, 234–35

  Ada, 56, 60, 95

  Adrastus, 47, 50

  Aegae, 11, 24–26, 28, 221, 251–52, 256

  Agenor, 83

  Agis, 124

  Ahura Mazda, 35, 49, 70, 129, 153, 161, 163, 166

  Alexander III, 1–3, 18–20; at Chaeronea, 22; succession to the throne, 25–26; as Alexandron, 30; and Darius, 35; invasion plans, 37–39; at Troy, 42–43; at the Granicus, 50–53; at Celaenae, 58–59; at Gordium, 59–60; as Sikander, 63–64; at Issus, 70–75; with Persian captives, 75–77; in Jerusalem, 88–90; as pharaoh, 96–98; perhaps in Thebes, 100–103; at Siwah, 104–106; during eclipse, 116–17; at Arbela, 119–20, 123; at Babylon, 125–32; at Susa, 132–35; at Pasargadae, 143–44; and the deaths of Philotas and Parmenio, 154–56; as Sikander, 160–61; and death of Clitus, 170–73; proskynesis, 175–76; Indian religion, 190–91; at the Jhelum, 192–94; at the siege of the Malavas, 202–204; at Susa, 224–26; at Babylon, 234–47; burial, 259–62

  Alexander IV, 257

  Alexander Romance, 5

  Alexandria in the “Caucasus,” 158

  Alexandria Eschate, 166

  Alexandria, Egyptian, 109–12

  Alexandria, Mesopotamian, 237

  Alexandria, Trojan, 54

  Ambashthas, 204

  Amon (or Amon-Re), 9, 94–96, 97–98, 103–107, 109, 115, 116–17, 133, 240

  Amu Darya (or Vaxshu), 163, 164, 169

  Amyntas, 70, 72, 94

  Anahita, 35, 61, 70, 129, 144, 146, 153, 163, 166, 168–69, 175, 189, 228, 239, 247. See also “Sarasvati.”

  Anat, 71

  Anaxippus, 151

  Anchialus, 67

  Ancyra, 57, 61

  Andromache, 172

  Andromachus, 85–87

  Anshan, 35–36

  Antigone, 76–77, 124

  Antigonus, 60, 75, 84–85, 96, 115, 124, 156, 197, 201, 223, 254, 256–59

  Antipater, 3, 19, 20, 25, 37, 40, 84, 96, 115, 124, 131, 134, 145, 148, 154, 156–57, 170, 197, 199, 227–28, 231, 234, 237–9, 251, 252, 256–57

  Apadana at Pesepolis, 144

  Apadana at Susa, 132, 133

  Apelles, 56, 237

  Apollo, 146

  Arabia, Gulf of, 187, 196, 201, 205

  Arabs, 91, 93, 107, 113, 236, 238–40, 246

  Arachosia, 211, 215

  Arbela, 117, 122, 123, 124, 134, 137, 151, 153, 156, 178, 179, 181, 193, 222, 256

  Arcadia, 124

  Areia, 223

  Argonauts, 8, 40, 61, 104, 110, 198, 214, 227, 231

  Aristander, 38, 57, 81–82, 91, 113, 117, 118, 119, 121, 142, 154, 167, 169–70, 172, 207

  Aristobulus, 4, 169, 178, 189, 215, 222, 243

  Aristogeiton, 132

  Aristotle, 19, 129, 181

  Ariyabranza, 142

  Armenian Alexander Romance, 44–45, 111–12

  Armenians, 63, 117

  Arrhidaeus, 25, 85, 96, 252, 253–55, 257

  Arrian, 4

  Arshita, 49, 52

  Artabazus, 77, 150, 225

  Artemis, 55, 240

  Artillery, 18, 81–82

  Arwadians, 78–79, 80

  Asclepius, 32, 67, 234–36

  Ashur, 67

  Asia Minor (or Anatolia), 7, 8, 24, 33, 35, 36, Ch. 3 passim, 75, 77, 84–85, 115, 116, 117, 137, 147, 154, 177, 214–15, 223, 232, 254, 256–58

  Assurbanipal, 119

  Assyrians, 60, 116, 117, 180

  Athena, 11, 42–43, 50, 71, 76, 84, 86, 117, 119, 123

  Athenians, 14, 19–20, 23, 38, 53, 55–56, 84, 113, 125, 132, 199, 226, 227–28, 237, 259

  Athos, 237

  Atlas, 7

  Attalitta, 132, 134

  Attalus, 24, 35

  Atum, 94

  Baal Haman, see Zeus 97

  Babylonians, 2, 4, 5, 8–10, 23, 33–36, 43, 56, 69–70, 75, 83, 85, 86, 110, Ch. 6 passim; minor shrines, 129; 143, 144, 146, 153, 169, 179, 180, 182, 185, 187, 190–91, 195, 221–22 226, Ch. 11 passim, 252, 254, 256

  Babylon, island in the Nile, 97

  Bactra (or Balkh), 165, 168–69, 233

  Bactrians, 52, 120, Ch. 8 passim

  Bagoas, 153, 218, 223

  Bahariyah, 104, 105, 106–107

  Balacrus, 109

  Bardylis, 14, 52

  Barsine, 60, 77, 175, 217, 225, 253–54, 256, 258

  Beas, 197, 202, 231

  Bengal, Bay of, 187

  Bessus, 117, 120, 122, 139, 145–46, 148–49, 152–53; as Artaxshasa, 151–53, 158–59, 163, 165–66, 169, 173

  Betis, 94

  Bolan, 158, 179, 211, 217

  Bolon, 155

  Bottiaea, 11

  Brahmins, 179, 190–91, 202, 203, 205, 222

  Briant, Pierre, 5

  Bucephalas, 52, 56, 73, 201

  Buddhists, 2, 179, 189–90, 200

  Byzantine Alexander Romance, 185

  Caesar, Julius, 239

  Calanus, 191, 205, 222, 223

  Callines, 233

  Callisthenes, 4, 47, 50, 57, 67, 108, 119, 150, 172, 176–78, 248

  Cambyses, 36, 96, 104, 125

  Campaspe, 239

  Cappadocians, 61, 62, 69

  Carcemish, 115

  Carians, 24, 56, 97

  Carmania, 217, 221

  Carthaginians, 80, 82, 198, 236

  Caspian Gates, 148

  Caspian Sea, 8, 34, 117, 150–51, 215

  Cassander, 239, 251, 257–58

  Caucasus, 7, 56, 120, 139, 148, 157–59, 179, 180, 223, 224

  Celaenae, 41, 58–59

  Chaeronea, 20–23, 31

  Chares, 4, 131, 172

  Chemosh, 87

  Chenab, 196, 201

  Chonsu, 103

  Christians, 6, 112

  Cilicia, 62, 68, 85

  Cilician Gates, 41, 57, 59, 60, 61–62, 69, 217

  Cleomenes, 109–10, 156, 226

  Clitus, 52, 72, 73, 120, 157, 170–74, 176, 177, 198, 203, 204, 247

  Coenus, 39, 73–74, 82, 120, 121, 155, 156, 170–71, 174, 176, 177, 198–99, 201

  Companions, 1–2, 14–17, 85, 96, 97, 239, 243

  Companion cavalry, 39, 51–53, 72–74, 120, 157, 167, 177, 198, 217, 236, 252, 256

  Copais, 33

  Craterus, 108, 120, 123, 150, 151–52, 154–55, 166, 169, 176, 179, 181, 182, 192–91, 198, 201, 203, 211, 214, 216–17, 221, 225, 232, 234, 237, 239, 251, 252, 254, 256

  Crete, 7, 16, 39

  Curtius Rufus, 4–5

  Cyreneians, 104, 105

  Cyrus (or Kurash), 35–36, 59, 61, 80, 86, 115, 119, 125–26, 130, 132, 133, 139, 141, 143–45, 153, 157, 159, 163, 168, 180, 214, 216, 221–23, 231, 235, 238, 239, 240, 258, 262

  Cyzicus, 41

  Daisios, 40, 49, 50

  Damascus, 60, 67, 75, 84, 86, 132, 257

  Danube, 31, 189

  Darius I, 94, 96, 125, 132–33

  Darius II, 104

  Darius III (or Artashata, or Codomannus), 34–35, 37; as Dara, 63–65, 67, 69–75; first letter to Alexander, 77–78; second letter to Alexander, 83–84, 103, 105; third letter to Alexander, 113, 115; 117–18, 119–22, 131, 145–46, 148–49; as Dara, 159–61, 179

  Dascylium, 41, 49, 50, 52, 53, 76

  Delphi, 22–23

  Demanhur, 110

  Diades, 82–83

  Dionysus, 11–12, 19, 31, 159, 162, 17
2, 180–82, 198, 205, 209, 218, 224, 232, 233, 234, 247, 260

  Dium, 1, 19, 38

  Dodona, 11, 20, 100, 103–104

  Dog River Pass, 68

  Drangiana, 223

  Eana, 9

  Ecbatana, 122, 139, 145–48, 149, 150, 151, 156, 157, 159, 165, 173, 197, 216, 223, 226, 234–35, 252

  Egasankalamma, 122

  Egyptians, 2, 7–9, 28–30, 33, 44–45, 65, 75, 83–84, 87, Ch. 4 passim, 113, 115, 116–19, 123, 126–28, 130–31, 132, 134, 137, 143, 144–45, 149, 151, 179, 190, 194, 196, 207, 223, 231, 232, 234, 238, 241–42, 244, 245, Ch. 12 passim

  El, 71

  Elamites, 8, 35, 86, 120, 132, 133–34, 141, 163, 225

  Elimaea, 11

  Emathia, 11

  Eordaea, 11

  Ephesians, 24, 41, 55–56, 62, 123, 146, 237

  Ephippus, 4

  Epirus, 8, 113, 115

  Erigyius, 150, 157–58, 178

  Esangil, 127–28, 240–42, 244

  Euergetae, 153

  Eumenes, 37, 131, 174, 214, 225, 245, 247, 253, 254

  Euphrates, 8, 68, 70, 75, 77, 113, 115–16, 126, 130, 139, 160, 221, 237, 238, 243, 251

  Euripides, 23, 159, 172

  Firdausi, 63, 65, 90, 159

  Fuller, J. F. C., 3

  Ganges, 187, 190, 191, 195, 197–98

  Gaza, 83, 92, 94, 101, 115, 117, 166

  Gedrosians, 153, 214

  Genesis, 137

  Gerizim, 85, 87

  Gordium, 57, 59–60, 62, 73

  Granicus, 47, 49–50, 71, 84, 101, 124

  Greeks, 7–10, 20, 23, 31, 33, 39, 53–56, 59, 60, 73–75, 87, 97, 115, 134, 135, 137, 145, 146–48, 149, 150, 168, 170, 172, 175–77, 180–81, 190–91, 196, 199, 205, 207, 220, 226, 232–33, 234, 236, 239, 246, 251, 256, 257–60

  Green, Peter, 2

  Halicarnassus, 56, 80

  Haman, 67; as Baal Haman, 71, 84, 85, 97

  Hamartelia, 203–205

  Hammurabi, 133

  Haremhab, 98

  Harmodius, 132

  Harpalus, 113, 131–32, 153, 156, 201, 226–28, 231, 234, 234, 236

  Hebrew Alexander Romance, 88–90

  Hebrew Book of Alexander of Macedon, 28, 30

  Hector, son of Parmenio, 107, 130

  Hegelochus, 123–24

  Heliopolis (or City of the Sun), 93–95, 145

  Hellespont, 1, 33, 37, 41, 189

  Helmand, 152, 154, 157–58

  Hephaestion, 4, 54, 79, 83, 91, 93, 121, 157, 181, 197, 198, 199, 201, 211, 225, 231–32, 234–35, 237, 242, 245, 252, 254, 255

  Hephaestus, 97

  Hera, 95

  Heracles, 2, 11, 19, 33, 42, 71, 76; as Melkart, 80, 83–84; 103, 107, 119, 163, 181, 183, 190, 191, 198, 201; as Vasuveda, 218, 225, 233, 240

  Heracles, son of Barsine, 77, 175, 225, 253, 258

  Herat, 151, 152

  Hermes, 81, 86

  Hermolaus, 177–78

  Herodotus, 33, 36, 94, 180, 214

  Hezekiah, 86

  Himalayas, 7, 137, 183, 187, 190, 196

  Hindu Kush, 7, 150, 151, 152, 153, 159, 163, 166, 167, 187

  Hindus, see “Brahmins.”

  Hippocrates, 32

  Horhetep, 107

  Horus, 95–96, 98, 103

  Huxshathra, 72, 76, 153, 165

  Huxshiartas, 173–75

  Ilioneus, 77

  Illyrians, 18, 52

  Immortals, Persian, 72, 120

  Indians, 2, 117, 120, 135, 139, 153, 158, 159, 181–83, Ch. 9 passim

  Indus, 1, 33, 179–80, 181–82, 187, 189–90, 196–97, 201, 203, 205, 211, 214, 216, 217, 219, 223, 231

  Inshushinak, 133–34, 225

  Iollas, 239, 245

  Ishtar, 117, 119, 122, 133

  Issus, 69–72, 84, 93, 101, 107, 109, 113, 115, 117, 120, 121, 139, 153, 178, 256

  Jains, 2, 179, 190–91

  Jamusipar and Mahiyar, 160

  Jason, 8, 40, 47, 104, 110, 198, 214, 221, 231

  Jerusalem, 68, 82, 85, 86, 88–90, 162

  Jesus, 1

  Jews (or Hebrews), 6, 8, 28, 36, 112, 129, 162

  Jhelum, 190, 192, 200, 201, 256

  Ka, 95, 98, 101, 123

  Kabul River or Valley, 158, 182

  Kandahar, 158, 211–12, 214, 217

  Karnak, 100

  Kasios, 93

  Kharga, 104

  Khyber, 179, 181, 201, 223

  Krishna, 183, 203

  Ksudrakas, 203

  Kurkath, 166, 180

  Ladder (in Asia Minor), 57, 62

  Lampsacus, 47

  Lane Fox, Robin, 2

  Las Bela, 215

  Lebanon, 81

  Leloutek, 106

  Leonnatus, 76, 96, 171, 182, 198, 202, 215, 219, 225, 253, 254

  Libya, 104

  Lindians, 123

  Little Una, 183

  Luxor, 100–101

  Lyncestis, 11; Prince of, 154, 157

  Macedonians, 2, 9, 11–14, 18, 23, 34–35, 38, 39, 41–43, 50–1, 54, 61; as Rumis, 63, 69, 96–97, 100, 105, 107, 108, 110, 112, 115–17, 119, 128–30, 134, 141, 143–44, 146, 148, 153, 156; as Rumis, 160; 166, 168, 170, 176–77, 178–79, 180, 191, 194, 196, 201, 202–204, 211, 220, 215–18, 219–20, 224–25, 226, 231–33, 236–38, 239, 247, 256, 257, 260. See also engagements such as “Chaeronea.”

  Magadha, 195, 197, 200

  Magi, 118, 233

  Mahabharata, 202

  Makran, 211, 215, 223–25

  Malavas, 202–204

  Mallus, 68

  Manishtushu, 133

  Maracanda (or Samarkand), 165, 167, 170

  Marduk, 9, 33, 35, 42, 44–45, 68–69, 70, 84, 115, 118, 122, 126–28, 133, 162, 232, 236, 238, 240–43, 244

  Mazdai, 68, 69–70, 85, 115, 117, 120–22, 125–26, 131, 134, 154, 189, 194, 231, 236; his son, 236, 241

  Meda, 175

  Medea, 110

  Medes, 117, 120

  Medius, 239–40, 245–46, 247, 251

  Meleager, 253–55

  Melkart, 80, 83, 85, 113, 162, 181

  Memnon (of Rhodes), 41, 47, 49, 53–55, 56, 59–60, 70, 145

  Memnon (of Susa), 47, 132

  Memphis, 94, 97–98, 100, 145

  Menon, 217

  Meru, 181–82, 191

  Mesopotamians, 5, 7–8, 33, 34, 36, 45, 65, Ch. 6 passim, 163, 174, 181, 206, 207, 220, Ch. 11 passim, 258

  Midas, 59–60, 67, 181

  Miletus, 55

  Mishnah, 137

  Mithra, 120, 153, 166

  Mithrobouzanes, 52

  Moabites, 87

  Mout, 107

  Muhammad, 1, 262–63

  Mushika, 204

  Muslims, 6, 261

  Mytilene, 59, 60

  Nabonidus, 238, 240

  Nabȗ, 44, 128, 241–42

  Nakhtnebef 94, 102, 106. See also “Nectanebo.”

  Nautaca, 170

  Nearchus, 3, 176, 205–207, 211, 214–15, 218–21, 225, 226, 231, 238–39, 245, 252, 253–55

  Nebuchadnezzar, 68–69, 79–80, 86, 116, 118, 125, 127, 128, 226, 231, 236, 246

  Nectanebo (or Bildad), 28–30, 44

  Nemesis, 47, 50

  Nergal, 71, 84

  Nicanor, 39, 148, 149, 151

  Nile, 8, Ch. 5 passim, 143, 187, 190, 196, 257

  Nineveh, 116, 130

  Nizami, 228

  Nysaeans, 182–84, 190, 260

  Olympia, 23

  Olympias as Polyxena, 18; 24–26, 40, 44; as Nahid, 63; 76, 95, 103, 107, 131, 225, 227, 251–53, 256–58

  Olympus, 10, 11, 28

  Onesicritus, 3, 144

  Opis, 231–34, 255

  Oracles, 9–10, 20, 23, 25, 38, 44, 59, 81, 103–107, 111–12, 173, 177, 206–207, 237, 243, 245

  Orestis, 11

  Panic (a god), 119

  Parium, 47

  Parmenio, 24, 25, 35, 37, 38–39, 40–41, 47, 50, 51, 54, 61, 62, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72–74, 75–76, 77, 83, 84–85, 96, 107, 111,
113, 114–15, 118–19, 120–22, 134, 141–42, 148, 150, 151, 154–57, 159, 171–72, 176, 177, 178, 198, 201, 203, 211, 214, 216, 217, 221, 222, 223, 245, 248

  Parthians, 120, 158

  Pasargadae, 139, 143–45, 146, 149, 159, 168, 169, 214, 216, 222, 233, 234

  Pasatigris, 221

  Patala, 205

  Pausanias, 24, 33

  Pegasus, 241

  Pella, 25–26

  Pelusium, 93–94

  Perdiccas, 31, 52, 81, 87, 88, 113, 121, 171, 181, 197, 198, 202, 225, 232, 235, 252–57

  Perge, 58

  Persepolis, 139, 141, 142–44, 145, 149, 151, 159, 169, 195, 214, 216, 233

  Persians (or Iranians) 2, 8, 14, 33–35, 49–50, 56, 60, 69–75, 86, 97, 117–19, 129, Chs. 7, 8 passim, 217, 222, 224–25, 233–35, 237. See also engagements such as “Granicus.”

  Persian Gates, 137, 141

  Persian Gulf, 8, 130, 214, 220–21, 231, 238

  Peucestas, 109

  Pharnuces, 167, 169

  Phaselis, 57, 58, 137

  Philip II, 1, 11, 14–18, 20–28, 29, 39, 55, 60; as Failakus, 63; 68, 96, 132, 148, 159, 171–72, 175, 203, 214, 222, 224, 226, 232, 239–40, 242, 245, 253, 258, 259, 260

  Philip the physician, 62, 67, 78–83

  Philotas, 39, 52, 68, 72, 76–77, 107, 108, 123, 148, 151, 154–57

  Philoxenus, 150

  Phoenicians (or Lebanese), 33, 54, 68, 80, 83, 91, 94, 122, 134, 147, 148, 149, 165, 168, 174, 175, 176, 198, 214–16, 220–21, 237, 238, 245

  Phrygia, 60, 67

  Pinarus, 69–74, 84

  Pindar, 33

  Pir Sar (or Avarna), 183–84

  Pixodarus, 24, 56

  Plato, 100

  Plutarch, 4, 199

  Polydamas, 156

  Polyidus, 80

  Polyperchon, 119, 156, 176, 179, 232, 234, 252, 256, 258

  Poseidon, 42, 168, 207, 228, 237

  Priapus, 47

  Promachos, 226

  Prometheus, 159

  Proskynesis, 175–77

  Proteas, 247

  Protesilaus, 42

  Proteus, 111

  Psalms, 137

  Ptah, 97, 98, 100

  Ptolemy, the future pharaoh, or Ptolemy I, 3–4, 163, 165, 171–72, 176, 178, 182–83, 198–99, 211, 225, 226, 239, 252, 253–54, 257–60

  Ptolemy II, 258–60

  Ptolemy III, 260

  Ptolemy, a regimental commander, 73–74

  Pura, 216

  Puru (or Porus or Paurava), 192–95, 197, 201, 214, 223, 224

  Pythonice, 226

  Qattara, 105

  Rann of Kutch, 187

  Rassam, 229

  Re, 94

  Renault, Mary, 3

  Rhagae, 148

  Rhodes, 41, 77, 123, 228

  Roshung, see “Roxana.”

  Roxana (or Rauxshna), 174–75, 217, 223, 224, 247, 254–58

  Sabictas, 60

  Sacrifice (or offerings, but excluding funerals), 9–10, 22, 40, 50, 53–54, 55, 83, 92, 94, 97–98, 101, 107, 113, 117, 119, 123, 134, 151, 159, 189, 199–200, 206–207, 218, 219, 220, 221, 225, 233, 258–60, 261

 

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