Title(s):
- On Alexander king of the Macedonians
- βιβλία ἓξ εἰς τὸν τῶν Μακεδόνων βασιλέα ᾽Αλέξανδρον(Biblia hex eis ton tōn Makedonōn basilea Alexandron, Six books on Alexander, king of the Macedonians)
Period covered:
356-323 B.C.
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
- Secular history (classicizing history)
- Biography (general)
Remarks:
Smith (2007) suggests that Plutarch's Life of Alexander and Arrian's Anabasis were two sources of Praxagoras' work. Like the other two historical works of Praxagoras, the Alexander history was written in Ionic dialect.
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