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Alexander's Friends in the Alexander Romance
Scripta Classica Israelica, 2020In most of the Greco-Roman historical writings about Alexander an important place is given to the question of Alexander’s friends, either to enhance his generosity, confidence, fidelity towards them, or to denounce his cruelty against his closest companions.
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Alexander between Rome and Carthage in the Alexander Romance (A)
Phoenix, 2023Abstract: The Alexander Romance takes Alexander to Italy and to Carthage, synchronizing him with the First Punic War. It represents the Alexandrian perspective, commenting on Ptolemaic interests through Alexander's character. This interpretation adds to the recognized Ptolemaic elements in the AR and sheds new light on an event of the First Punic War.
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The Classical World, 1993
Mystery surrounds the parentage of Alexander, the prince born to Queen Olympias. Is his father Philip, King of Macedonia, or Nectanebo, the mysterious sorcerer who seduced the queen by trickery? One thing is certain: the boy is destined to conquer the known world.
Carl C. Schlam, Richard Stoneman
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Mystery surrounds the parentage of Alexander, the prince born to Queen Olympias. Is his father Philip, King of Macedonia, or Nectanebo, the mysterious sorcerer who seduced the queen by trickery? One thing is certain: the boy is destined to conquer the known world.
Carl C. Schlam, Richard Stoneman
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Oriental Motifs in the Alexander Romance
Antichthon, 1992Over the centuries, the fabulous adventures of Alexander the Great have become as prominent in art and literature as his historical achievements. Medieval artists in particular are frequent sources of depictions of the hero in such adventures as the search for the water of life, the flight into the air in a basket borne by eagles, the descent into the ...
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Arrian and the Greek Alexander Romance
Classical World, 2007This paper examines the Greek Alexander Romance from the point of view of narratology, looking at the motifs, patterns of storytelling, and ways that the Romance created the figure of Alexander. The same approach is applied to the work of Arrian, the most widely read and most reliable of the Alexander historians.
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