Reviews for Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction

The average rating for Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-04-10 00:00:00 Steve Berman Mostly "Alexander the Great in Fact." Fiction doesn't make much of a showing... Which is probably better, given the generally stuffy nature of most of the articles (not all, but most). There are some interesting points here, but for the most part this is only going to be of interest to people in the field.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-02-12 00:00:00 David Labadie Great book to read as a companion to either Homeric Epics, but especially the Odyssey. A bit on the technical side throughout, but not overwhelmingly or off puttingly so. The topics discussed range from archeology, the changes in ship design in the bronze and archaic ages, etymology, geography and ethnography. Peppered throughout are summations of existing scholarly opinions in these fields and the author does a good job of addressing them in an even handed fashion. A very good read!