Preface to the English-language edition
Translator's note
Introduction: Between remembering and forgetting
Part I. The impossible biography
A shadow among his own
Darius past and present
Part II. Contrasting portraits
"The last Darius, the one who was defeated by Alexander"
Arrian's Darius
A different Darius or the same one?
Darius between Greece and Rome
Part III. Reluctance and enthusiasm
Upper king and lower king
Iron helmet, silver vessels
The great king's private and public lives
Part IV. Darius and Dara
Dara and Iskandar
Death and transfiguration
Part V. A final assessment and a few proposals
Darius in battle : variations on the theme "images and realities"
Abbreviations
Greek and Roman sources.
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Darius in the shadow of Alexander by Pierre Briant. ISBN 9780674493094. Published by Harvard University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
