ARRIAN

(Flavius Arrianus)ârˈēən, fl. 2d cent. a.d., Greek historian, philosopher, and general, b. Nicomedia in Bithynia. He was governor of Cappadocia under Emperor Hadrian and in a.d. 134 repulsed an invasion of the Alans. His chief work is the Anabasis, the prime extant source on Alexander the Great. Modeled on Xenophon's famous book, the Anabasis relies chiefly on the writings of two of Alexander's generals (Ptolemy I and Aristobulus) for source material. Other extant works include the Indica (an account of a voyage of Alexander's general Nearchus to India) and parts of his edition of and commentaries on the Discourses of Epictetus.

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Arrian of Nicomedia
Book by Philip A. Stadter; University of North Carolina Press, 1980
Subjects: Arrian, Arrian--Anabasis, Epictetus
...the war which could have been used by Arrian, without prejudicing in the slightest...writers concerning the Caspian Gates. Arrian in the Alanike Historia and especially...governorship of Cappadocia under Hadrian. Arrian is said to have settled affairs in Iberia...
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From Arrian to Alexander: Studies in Historical Interpretation
Book by A. B. Bosworth; Clarendon Press, 1988
Subjects: Alexander--The Great--356-323 B.C, Arrian, Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C--Historiography
...this, and it is usually assumed that Arrian contrasted the Ephemerides with Ptolemy...separate versions of Alexanders death which Arrian knew and used. On the other hand the...interpretation have tended to argue that Arrian cited the Ephemerides indirectly through...
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Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius
Book by James Romm, Pamela Mensch; Hackett, 2005
Subjects: Alexander--The Great--356-323 B.C, Generals--Greece--Biography, Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C, Greece--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...overlapping with both the vulgate texts and with Arrian, gave rise to the biography of Alexander...modern historians give pri- ority to Arrian in their attempts to reconstruct the events of 334 to 323 B.C.E., and so Arrian, despite all his inadequacies, has been...
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Greek and Roman Military Writers: Selected Readings
Book by Brian Campbell; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Greece--History, Military--To 146 B.C--Sources, Military Art And Science--Greece--History--To 1500--Sources, Military Art And Science--Rome--History--Sources, Rome--History, Military--265-30 B.C--Sources, Rome--History, Military--30 B.C.-476 A.D--Sources
...construction of ram-bearing tortoises) 281 Arrian, Tactica 3.1-4; 4.1-2 (infantry and cavalry weaponry) 27 Arrian, Tactica 5.2-3 (importance of orderly formation) 166 Arrian, Tactica 11 (deepening the phalanx formation...
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Greece and the East
Book by William Stearns Davis; Allyn and Bacon, 1912
Subjects: Greece--History, History, Ancient
109. How Alexander drew up his Phalanx . Arrian 304 110. Alexander's Answer to the Petition of Darius for Peace . Arrian 305 111. The Founding of Alexandria by Alexander the Great . Arrian 307 112. Darius's Army at Arbela . Arrian 308...
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journal articles on: Arrian  - 24 results

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Alexander, Combat Psychology, and Persepolis
Journal article by Gary Morrison; Antichthon, Vol. 35, 2001
Subjects: Armed forces, Conflicts, Long term, Psychology, War
...drunken revel. The second tradition, in Arrian (3.18.10-12) and Strabo (15...Alexanders actions.4 Unfortunately, Arrian s narrative at this point becomes brief...contacted his regent in Macedon from Susa (Arrian 3.16.10). Any information would...
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Alexander the Great-or the Terrible?
Journal article by Brooke Allen; The Hudson Review, Vol. 58, 2005
Subjects: Alexander the Great (356-23 BC), Personal profiles, Public figures
...the old, familiar sources-Plutarch, Arrian, Quintus Curtius, Diodorus Siculus...not even pro-Alexander sources like Arrian ever imagined. What about Alexanders...Alexander the Great: Selected Texts from Arrian, Curtius and Plutarch? Tania Gergel...
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What the Buddha Would Not Do, According to the Bahitika-Sutta and Its Madhyama-Agama Parallel
Journal article by Analayo; Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol. 14, 2007
Subjects: Buddhist ethics--Analysis, Religious leaders--Ethical aspects, Religious leaders--Portrayals, The Buddha--Ethical aspects, The Buddha--Portrayals, The Tripitaka (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation, The Tripitaka (Sacred work)--Translations and translating
...McCrindle, J. W. Ancient India as described by Megastenes and Arrian, Being a Translation of the Fragments of the Indika of Megastenes...by Dr. Schwanbeck, and of the First Part of the Indika of Arrian. Bombay: Thacker Co, 1877. Minh Chau, Thich. The Chinese...
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Oliver Stone's Alexander Warner Bros. and Intermedia Films (2004)
Journal article by Terrell Carver; Film & History, Vol. 35, 2005
Subjects: Farrell, Colin, Hopkins, Anthony, Motion pictures, Stone, Oliver
...commander-in-chief, who is said to have murdered him). Arrian is generally thought to be more directly indebted to these participant...documentary series In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great revisits Arrian et al. with consummate self-consciousness and thoughtful...
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Sons of Israel in Caesar's Service: Jewish Soldiers in the Roman Military
Journal article by Andrew J. Schoenfeld; Shofar, Vol. 24, 2006
Subjects: Jews, Military personnel, Roman civilization
...Theodore and Caecilianus, Equestrian Jews of Minorca, held the military title of defensor civitatis.51 The late Roman general, Arrian, employed Iturean archers, whose ancestors had been forcibly converted to Judaism by the Hasmoneans, in his conflict with...
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magazine articles on: Arrian  - 11 results

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Tom Wolfe's Epictetus
Magazine article by Jude P. Dougherty; World and I, Vol. 15, February 2000
Subjects: Satire--Criticism and interpretation, Stoics--Ethical aspects, Wolfe, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation
...his teachings were recorded by his pupil Arrian and survive in two extant works, Discourses and The Encheiriden. As related by Arrian, Epictetus, in an effort to excite men...discourses of Epictetus as recorded by Arrian are available in more than a dozen editions...
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Alexander the Great: Hunting for a New Past? Paul Cartledge Goes in Search of the Elusive Personality of the World's Greatest Hero
Magazine article by Paul Cartledge; History Today, Vol. 54, July 2004
Subjects: Alexander the Great--Behavior, Conquerors--Behavior, Greece--History, Greek history, Kings and rulers--Behavior, Kings--Behavior
...of those that do survive was written by Arrian, a Greek from Asia Minor, well over...could cover other strong desires too). Arrian, at least, thought that fighting and...history today. FOR FURTHER READING: Arrian Anabasis, History of Alexander (trs...
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Rethinking Primary Sources for Cross-cultural Interaction in World History: "standard" Problems and Connected Possibilities
Magazine article by Elizabeth Ann Pollard; Social Studies Review, Vol. 49, Spring 2010
Subjects: History, Museums
...preserved by other later writers such as Diodorus, Strabo, and Arrian. Megasthenes offers first hand reportage of Greek-Indian...the bizarre: a discussion of the Indian caste system (from Arrian, Indika 10-11); a description of Indian dining customs...
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Queering History: Alexander
Magazine article by William F. Jasper; The New American, Vol. 20, December 27, 2004
Subjects: Alexander (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Filmmakers--Criticism and interpretation, Filmmakers--Works, Movie directors--Criticism and interpretation, Movie directors--Works, Stone, Oliver--Criticism and interpretation, Stone, Oliver--Works
...important sources do not describe Hephaistion in terms that support Stones "gay" treatment: Our three Greek historians (Arrian, Diodorus, and Plutarch) never term Hephaistion erastes or eromenos, only philos or malista timomenos. Alexander himself...
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Alexandria the Great: On the Mediterranean at the Western Edge of the Nile Delta Stands the Most Important and Enduring of All the Many Cities Founded by Alexander. Though Much of Its Material Past Has Been Destroyed or Lies Underwater, Alexandria's Reputation as the Intellectual Powerhouse of the Classical World, Fusing Greek, Egyptian and Roman Culture, Lives On
Magazine article by Paul Cartledge; History Today, Vol. 59, October 2009
Subjects: Alexander the Great--History, Alexandria, Egypt (City)--Appreciation, Alexandria, Egypt (City)--History, Greek history, to 330 (Ancient period)
...Alexanders campaigns. This has not survived as such but it formed one of the bases of a good historical account written by Arrian, a Greek from Nicomedea in Bithynia, in the second century AD. (The lost memoirs trope has inspired at least one contemporary...
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newspaper articles on: Arrian  - 13 results

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Exposed by the BBC; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 12, 2010
...link tidal activity to the waxing and waning of the Moon. Classical Greek scholars commented on the tides. Roman historian Arrian (AD 86-160) noted how Alexander the Great (356-323BC) was amazed by the ebb and flow at the Gulf of the Indus. An absorbing...
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Racing to the Future; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 12, 2010
...link tidal activity to the waxing and waning of the moon and classical Greek scholars commented on the tides. Roman historian Arrian (AD 86-160) noted how Alexander the Great (356-323BC) was amazed by the ebb and flow at the Gulf of the Indus. An absorbing...
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List of New Radiologic Technicians, X-Ray Technologists
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 30, 2007
...CAESAR TAMAYOR VILLARAMA, JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER SAN JOSE VILLARTA, RHEA THERESA NARVIOS VILLAS, CHERRIE GEROZAGA YAMAMOTO, ARRIAN ALBARICO YBAAEZ, ETHEL LUNA YUIPCO, JOCELYN MACALANDA YUSUP, JAHEED JAILANI ZAMORA, RANDOLF BORCE ZORNOSA, AUDREY MARIE...
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Successful Examinees in the L.E.T. - ELEMENTARY - All Regions (A)
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 6, 2007
...LEA MANTO 1542 ARNAEZ, STELLA CATHERINE GONZALES 1543 ARNAIZ, MARGIE LYN ATILANO 1544 ARNEGO, RONALD LOAYON 1545 ARNOCO, ARRIAN JUGAN 1546 ARNOL, ROSALYN SILLON 1547 ARNON, VICKY LAMIRAZ 1548 AROCHA, PETER JOHN DESOY 1549 AROG, MARCELYN ALYSIA POYOS...
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Successful Examinees in the L.E.T. - ELEMENTARY - All Regions (A)
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 4, 2007
...LEA MANTO 1542 ARNAEZ, STELLA CATHERINE GONZALES 1543 ARNAIZ, MARGIE LYN ATILANO 1544 ARNEGO, RONALD LOAYON 1545 ARNOCO, ARRIAN JUGAN 1546 ARNOL, ROSALYN SILLON 1547 ARNON, VICKY LAMIRAZ 1548 AROCHA, PETER JOHN DESOY 1549 AROG, MARCELYN ALYSIA POYOS...
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encyclopedia articles on: Arrian  - 4 results

 
 
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Arrian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ARRIAN (Flavius Arrianus)ar e n, fl. 2d cent. a.d., Greek historian, philosopher, and general, b. Nicomedia in Bithynia...
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Epictetus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...a.d. 50 c.a.d. 138, Phrygian Stoic philosopher. He wrote nothing, but his teachings were set down by his disciple Arrian in the Discourses and the Encheiridion. Epictetus emphasized indifference to external goods and taught that the true good is...
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Alexander the Great
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Bucephalus and his cutting of the Gordian knot. The famous Greek sculptor Lysippus did several studies of Alexander. Bibliography Arrian and Plutarch wrote biographies of him in ancient times, and the literature of the Middle Ages romanticized his life. See also...
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Ptolemy I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...administration in Egypt and did much to make Alexandria a fountainhead of culture and art by founding the library there. Through Arrian, we know that he wrote a history of Alexander. See J. P. Mahaffy, The Empire of the Ptolemies (1895); E. R. Bevan...


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