Ernst Badian on Fritz Schachermeyr's Interpretation of Alexander the Great
By T. Corey Brennan
This paper investigates the intellectual and personal relationship of two Austrian-born ancient historians, Fritz Schachermeyr (1895-1987) and Ernst Badian (1925-2011). The two scholars each made major contributions to the study of Alexander, Schachermeyr especially in his Alexander der Grosse: Ingenium und Macht (1949, significantly expanded in 1973), Badian in a long series of articles, book chapters and review-discussions staring in 1958.