The Impossible Dream: Tarn's Alexander in Retrospect

Authors

  • A. Brian Bosworth The University of Western Australia

Abstract

In this great, although old and difficult to find, paper A. B. Bosworth review Tarn's work on Alexander and many of the Historiographical issues on Alexander the Great during most of the XXth Century. 

 

THIS PAPER WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN Ancient Society Resources for Teachers 3 (1983). The Director of Karanos wants to thanks the Staff in Ancient Society Resources for Teachers (Macquarie University) for the kindness and managements to re-publish this paper. 

Keywords

Tarn, Alexander, Historiography

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/karanos.36

Published

2019-11-08

How to Cite

Bosworth, A. B. (2019). The Impossible Dream: Tarn’s Alexander in Retrospect. Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies, 2, 77–95. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/karanos.36

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