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THE IDEA OF MAN AND DIVINITY IN ANTIQUITY PART II: Μέγιστον τῶν μετὰ Ἀλέξανδρον διαδεξαμένων τὴν ἀρχὴν βασιλέα: Arrian’s Judgment of Seleucus I Nicator (Anab. 7. 22. 5)

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Burliga B.

Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica

2014

vol. 15(4)

The article deals with Arrian of Nicomedia’s high estimation of the king Seleucus (calledNicator), a former officer in Alexander the Great’s army. Seleucus had created the greatest– second to Alexander, in fact – empire and this is the main criterion by which he isappreciated by the Bithynian historian and philosopher. It is the same criterion that Arrianhad adopted in evaluating Alexander’s achievements. ‘Greatness’ constituted thus, to putit briefly, an old measure by which kings, commanders and eminent men were rated byGreek historians.

Arrian’s preface to the anabasis Alexandrou and Plutarch’s prologue to the life of Alexander

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Burliga B.

Classica Cracoviensia

2015

issue 18

51-81

It is usually maintained that the main object of Arrian’s criticism in his Anabasis are the historians of Alexander the Great. In the following I would like to argue that one of the writers Arrian criticized was also Plutarch of Chaeronea who wrote an influential biography of the Macedonian king. Although Arrian never referred directly to Plutarch’s Life of Alexander, he read not only many historical works on the king but used and criticized other accounts, called by him ta legomena (‘tales’). To this latter group Plutarch’s vita Alexandri should be included as well.

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THE IDEA OF MAN AND DIVINITY IN ANTIQUITY PART II: Μέγιστον τῶν μετὰ Ἀλέξανδρον διαδεξαμένων τὴν ἀρχὴν βασιλέα: Arrian’s Judgment of Seleucus I Nicator (Anab. 7. 22. 5)

Arrian’s preface to the anabasis Alexandrou and Plutarch’s prologue to the life of Alexander