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Do some research. It's easiest to start with a tertiary source (e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great) and look at the references section. It probably will mostly reference secondary sources. Look at their bibliographies, and you will start to uncover references to primary sources.
Your best hope, is that you will be able to use the search engine of your choice to find translations of the primary sources on-line. The worst-case scenario (assuming that there ARE any primary sources, and would think that for Alexander, there must be) would be that you will have to spend years studying ancient languages so that you can travel to foreign lands and read original manuscripts that lie in forgotten crypts buried at the sites of long forgotten monastaries.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 10y agoQuintus Curtius History of Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Plutarch A Life of Alexander the Great, Arrian The Anabasis, and if you are really desperate, Diodorus Siculus.
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∙ 6y agoIt is hard to classify them as reliable - like all historical records, they need to be taken as evidence and tested against each other and other types of evidence eg Diodorus Siculus is notoriously inaccurate, but contains some useful information. The main sources are:
Arrian, Plutarch, Diodorus, Curtius, Justin.
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What are some primary sources?
encyclopedias
What are some examples of primary sources sources?
diaries,photos,videos,paintings,and letters
What do most primary sources most likely have?
Some Bias
Did Alexander the Great die from a mosquito bite?
There is no solid evidence on his cause of death. Some sources suspect poison, some say malaria or typhoid fever. Malaria is carried by mosquitos, so it is possible.
What were some aspects of Alexander the Great life?
no
What is are some achievements of alexander the great?
Some of the achievements of Alexander the Great are the victory at Issus, the victory at Gaugamela, and having the largest empire in history.
How to find good primary sources?
What are some good reliable primary resources can you find on Jean Paul Marat
Did Alexander the Great free the Persian citizens?
Primary sources (such as Arrian) say that there is some evidence in supporting this question of whether or not Alexander saved the Persian citizens, however repetitions of facts among sources point to some understanding that he did offer them some so called "freedom" in J.R Hamilton and a year 13 classics document i picked up that Persian's, with Alexander as king, were given benefits that were inevitably co-operative with the Persians, their religion and way of living and gave them advantages in the kingdom. The "freedom" could be exposed as such a general statement though and may contradict with other statements said about the Persians and the system they lived by. If you look at the way Darius ruled the Persians, then at the way Alexander ruled the Persians you could draw conclusions of "Freedom" from there.
What were some of the achievements of phillip and Alexander the great?
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What is advantage of secondary sources over primary sources?
Secondary sources are better because your not learning the truth you have some story behind it and possible reasons that came to be.
What is an advantage of secondary sources over primary sources?
Secondary sources are better because your not learning the truth you have some story behind it and possible reasons that came to be.
What best describes the difference between primary and secondary source?
Primary sources are accounts or descriptions based on a first hand, one sided experience. A secondary source is created by some-one (normally a historian) who has gathered up primary sources and sometimes some other secondary sources, then written what they perceive as a more reliable, detached account.
