On Judging Alexander: A Matter of Honour
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2007
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Acta Classica
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University of Cape Town
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Cartledge's insistence that Alexander was guided by the heroic 'moral code of honour' is considered in terms of paradigms established in Stewart's Honor, and in contrast with Holt's view of the 'Homeric code'. This paper deals first with Alexander's pursuit of honour in the successive phases of his career, and then with his attempt to accommodate competing codes of honour as he won control of the Achaemenid Empire.
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Atkinson, J. (2007). On judging Alexander: a matter of honour. Acta Classica: Proceedings of the Classical Association of South Africa: Jubilee Issue, 50, 15-28.