'The abominable quibble': Alexander's massacre of Indian mercenaries at Massaga

Title: 'The abominable quibble': Alexander's massacre of Indian mercenaries at Massaga
Creator: Baynham, Elizabeth
Relation: Theatres of Violence: Massacre, Mass Killing and Atrocity throughout History p. 27-37
Relation: http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=DwyerTheatres
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2012
Description: I would like to begin with a quotation from a well known historical novelist, the late Mary Renault, who, despite her innate romanticism, had a considerable gift for recreating the ancient world. The speaker is the young Persian eunuch Bagoas, a servant in the entourage of Alexander the Great. From the safety of Alexander's camp, he has heard his master and lover slaughtering a large company of Indian mercenaries. These men, having made a separate truce with Alexander, had just left the fortress of Massaga in the Swat Valley (northern Pakistan), which was under siege at the time. On being informed that the mercenaries were planning to abscond under cover of darkness, the king acted quickly. He surrounded the entire group and had them killed.
Subject: Alexander the Great; massacres; Massaga
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1308654
Identifier: uon:21691
Identifier: ISBN:9780857452993
Language: eng

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