The Problem of the Sources, and Alexander's Motives.
| Four main extant sources: | Originally: |
| Diodorus Siculus | Callisthenes |
| Quintus Curtius Rufus | Ptolemy son of Lagus |
| Plutarch, Life of Alexander | Aristobulos |
| Arrian | Cleitarchus |
| Others |
Basic Bibliography
A.B. Bosworth, Conquest and Empire, Cambridge, 1988, pp. 245ff.P.A. Brunt, "The Sources for the History of Alexander", in either the "Introduction" to the Loeb Edition of Arrian, or in J. Roisman, ed., Alexander the Great: Ancient and Modern Perspectives, Lexington, 1995.
"The Aims of Alexander", Greece and Rome, 1965, 205-215.L. Edmunds, "The Religiosity of Alexander", G.R.B.S. 12, 1971, 363ff.
D. Engels, Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army, Berkeley, 1978.
N.G.L. Hammond, Alexander the Great: King, Commander and Statesman, Bristol, 1980, 1994.
C. Robinson, The History of Alexander the Great (Rhode Island, 1953, repr. 1977).
W.W. Tarn, Alexander the Great, Cambridge, 1948.