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Document Details : Title: Alessandro, Sparta e la guerra di vendetta contro i Persiani Author(s): MONTI, Giustina Journal: Ancient Society Volume: 39 Date: 2009 Pages: 35-53 DOI: 10.2143/AS.39.0.2042604 Abstract : Through the analysis of the inscription sent by Alexander to Athens concerning the plunder acquired after the battle at the Granicus River (Plut., Alex. 16.17; Arr., Anab. I 16.7), this paper endeavours to understand Alexander’s action and the text of the inscription, in which the king celebrates the victory won by him and the Greeks against the enemy, while leaving the Spartans out of the honour. The reasons for this choice should be linked to the ideological layout of Alexander’s expedition in Asia, considered a war of revenge against the Barbarians, and to the propagandistic aims of Callisthenes, the official historian of the expedition: the young Alexander underlines that he, without the Spartans, won the battle at the Granicus river, just as the Athenians, without the Spartans, won the battle of Marathon. |
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