Darius in the shadow of Alexander

Preface to the English-language edition

Translator's note

Introduction: Between remembering and forgetting

Part I. The impossible biography

A shadow among his own

Darius past and present

Part II. Contrasting portraits

"The last Darius, the one who was defeated by Alexander"

Arrian's Darius

A different Darius or the same one?

Darius between Greece and Rome

Part III. Reluctance and enthusiasm

Upper king and lower king

Iron helmet, silver vessels

The great king's private and public lives

Part IV. Darius and Dara

Dara and Iskandar

Death and transfiguration

Part V. A final assessment and a few proposals

Darius in battle : variations on the theme "images and realities"

Abbreviations

Greek and Roman sources.