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Tipula (Vestiplex) crane flies (Diptera, Tipulidae) of Korea [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 The Korean species of Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi, 1924 crane flies are taxonomically revised. Five species are recognized. Tipula (V.) coquillettiana Alexander, 1924, T. (V.) kuwayamai Alexander, 1921, T. (V.) tchukchi Alexander, 1934, and T.
Pavel Starkevich +4 more
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Alexander the Undertaker: Persians, Bactrians, and ataphoi [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2023 Alexander’s famous ban of the exposure of the corpses in Bactra has been long studied. Mostly the discussion has focused on the veracity of the account and his compliance with the Zoroastrian rites.
Marc Mendoza
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The Alexander Legend: An Example of Syriac Apocalyptic Literature in the Dawn of Islam [PDF]
Edinost in Dialog, 2022 The article introduces the Syriac Alexander Legend, a text that was written in the context of the Byzantine imperial propaganda and aimed to present the Byzantine Empire as the fourth empire from Daniel’s prophecy on the four kingdoms.
Aljaž Krajnc
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Rhetoric to Alexander: text and intertexts
Literatūra (Vilnius), 2023 For a long time, Aristotle was considered the author of the “Rhetoric to Alexander”. However, in the 16th century, Anaximenes of Lampsacus came to be considered its author.
Alius Jaskelevičius
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Odwołania do Aleksandra Wielkiego i ich rola w Żywocie Demetriusza Plutarcha z Cheronei
Collectanea Philologica, 2020 Among all Plutarch’s Lives of men that lived after IV B.C., the biography of Demetrius Poliorcetes contains the most references to Alexander the Great. It is noteworthy that references to this figure in comparison to other Plutarchean biographies occur ...
Tomasz Zieliński
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The forgotten ones. Thracians and Thessalians in Bactria-Sogdiana [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2021 The presence and pre-eminence of settlers from the Northern Aegean world in early Hellenistic Bactria-Sogdiana have been tacitly accepted by scholars since Robert’s paper in 1968. The present article challenges the idea which backs up this assumption and
Marc Mendoza
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Documentation of Alexander's Journey to Egypt In Greek and Latin Sources [PDF]
Journal of Tourism, Hotels and Heritage, 2022 This paper deals with the Journey of Alexander the Great which is considered one of the most important historical events in ancient times, for it documents the beginning of a new era which is Hellenistic era.
Zienab Elsokaily
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Indialogs: Spanish Journal of India Studies, 2015 The image of Indian rivers given by Greek authors in the Roman imperial period depends on the literary genre they chose : specialists of geography and history like Strabo or Arrian wonder about the reliability of the observations formerly made by the ...
Claire Muckensturm Poulle
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Meetings with the ‘Naked Philosophers’ as a Case Study for the Greco-Indian Relations in the Time of Alexander [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2021 The meetings with Indian gymnosophists (γυμνοσοφισταί) or ‘naked philosophers’ are one of the most popular motifs from the stories of Alexander the Great.
Olga Kubica
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Poetry of Alexander Pushkin of the last decade of life as an expression of national identity. [PDF]
Два века русской классики, 2020 The author of the article addresses the work of Alexander Pushkin in the last decade of his life, noting the particular completeness of the great writer’s worldview and the scale of his prophecies.
Vsevolod Yu. Troitsky
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