Title A history of Alexander the Great in world culture / edited by Richard Stoneman, University of Exeter

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 454 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction: Formation and Diffusion of the Alexander Legend / Richard Stoneman -- Alexander and Alexandria in Life and Legend / Dorothy Thompson -- The image of Alexander in ancient Art / Olga Palagia -- Alexander, Philosophy and Rome: A Trajanic Moment / Sulochana Asirvatham -- Christianising Alexander Traditions in Late Antiquity / Christian Djurslev -- Alexander in Ancient Jewish Literature / Ory Amitay -- The Medieval Alexander: Art and Politics / Maud Perez-Simon -- Alexander the Great and the Crusades / Mark Cruse -- The Slavic Alexander / Susana Torres Prieto -- Alexander the Great in Byzantine Tradition, 330-1453 AD / Anthony Kaldellis -- The Spanish Alexander: A Figure of Praise and Blame / Rich Rabone -- The Persian Alexander (1): The Royal Alexander / Haila Manteghi -- The Persian Alexander (2): Amir Khusraw and the Philosophical View of Alexander / Richard Stoneman -- Alexander in Medieval Arab Minds: Archetype of Kings, Magnificent Warrior and Custodian of Philosophy and Divine Principles / Faustina Doufikar-Aerts -- Alexander in the Age of Shakespeare: the Monarchicke Tragedies of Sir William Alexander / Richard Stoneman -- Alexander the Great in Opera / Jon Solomon -- Alexander in the Long Eighteenth Century (c.1660-1830) / Pierre Briant -- Images of Alexander in Germany: Hero, Explorer of New Spaces, Cosmopolitanist and Champion of the West / Josef Wiesehöfer -- Alexander the Gay and the Gloryhole that was Greece / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Shaun Tougher Summary "Alexander III (the Great) was born in the Macedonian city of Pella in the north of the Greek peninsula in 356 BCE. Following the assassination of his father Philip II of Macedon in 336, he took up the cause of an attack on the Persian Empire, which his father was planning, and in spring 334 crossed the Hellespont into Persian territory with an army of at least 30,000 infantry and 5000 cavalry"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 03, 2022) Subject Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Influence Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Cult Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Legends. SUBJECT Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. fast Subject Cults Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Kings and rulers SUBJECT Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057087 Greece -- Kings and rulers -- Biography Subject Greece Genre/Form Biographies History Legends Form Electronic book LC no. 2021034425 ISBN 9781316711798 131671179X

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