Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.34.4, pp. 3447-3483
 
Q. Curtius Rufus' 'Historiae Alexandri Magni'
by J. E. Atkinson, Cape Town

Contents

I. The Codices and modern editions

3448

II. Textual cruces

3450

III. The date of the 'Historiae Alexandri'

3451

IV. The author

3455

V. The work and its genre

3456

1. History and biography

3456

2. The final chapters

3457

VI. Curtius' sources

3458

VII. Literary borrowings and influences

3465

VIII. The historical value of the work

3468

IX. Curtius' treatment of Alexander

3470

X. The sub-text

3471

XI. Elements of Curtius' prose style

3473

1. Vocabulary and grammar

3473

2. Rhetoric and prose style

3473

3. Clausulae

3474

XII. Curtius' narrative style

3475

XIII. Bibliographies

3475

XIV. References

3476
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