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Ancient Sources on Alexander the Great

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Major Ancient Sources on Alexander:
  • Plutarch, Life of Alexander
  • Arrian of Nicomedia, History of Alexander
  • Quintus Curtius Rufus, The History of Alexander
  • Diodorus of Sicily [Diodorus Siculus] Universal History
  • Callisthenes of Olynthus - Paul Cartledge calls him a flatterer.
  • Ptolemy
  • Aristoboulus
  • Cleitarchus
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