The Ancient Sources And Why They Cant Be Trusted. A long overdue new appraisal of the sources for Alexander the GreatDavid Grant unearths fragments and echoes of eyewitness testimony preserved in the much later histories which form the basis of our knowledge of these epic events.The author demonstrates how the history of Alexanders life and campaigns was deliberately manipulated by eyewitnesses from the outset to suit the agendas of its writers and their sponsors, particularly with regard to his death.Grant demonstrates how the wars of Alexanders successors were waged in their pages as well as on the battlefield in propaganda used to