The Sources

This page is especially for anyone new to Alexander who might be wondering where (next) to read about him. It is a work in progress.

Principle
Arrian The Campaigns of Alexander
Curtius Life of Alexander the Great
Diodorus Siculus Library of World History Book 17
Plutarch Life of Alexander
Justin Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus (text)

Secondary
Anon The Death of Alexander Babylonian Astronomical Diary (text)
Anon The Battle of Gaugamela Babylonian Astronomical Diary (text)
Arrian Indica (text)
Athenaeus The Deipnosophists Book 12 (text)
Diodorus Library of World History Book 18 - Covers the Wars of the Successors to 301 B.C.
Metz Epitome (text)
Plutarch Morals
The First Oration of Plutarch Concerning the Fortune or Virtue of Alexander the Great (text)
The Second Oration of Plutarch Concerning the Fortune or Virtue of Alexander the Great (text)
Strabo Geography (text)
Synesius A Eulogy of Baldness Pt 16 (text)

Of Interest
Cicero De Amicitia - quotes Terence’s Eunuchus (see below) (text)
Lucian of Samosata Works Vol. II A Slip of the Tongue in Salutation - mentions Alexander et al (text)
Ovid Remedia Amoris Pt 6 - mentions Thaïs of Athens (text)
Proclus A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid’s Elements - mentions Ptolemy I (text)
Seneca Letters from a Stoic - three references to Alexander
Terence Eunuchus - features a courtesan named Thaïs! (Text)

Alexander Sources has numerous sources