Question

Although historians believe that early accounts of Alexander’s life by Plutarch and Arrian are reliable, they also find them problematic because they

Question 9 options:

a) were written by Alexander's enemies.
b) only survive today in fragmentary form.
c) were based on Persian accounts of Alexander's feats.
d) were written by Greek historians who did not appreciate Alexander's genius.
e) were written four hundred years after Alexander lived.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

e) were written four hundred years after Alexander lived.

Historians often point out that since these accounts by Plutarch and Arrian were written long after Alexander's time, they may contain biases and inaccuracies based on the authors' perspectives and the sources available to them.