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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511430203321

Autore

Nawotka Krzysztof

Titolo

The Alexander romance by Ps.-Callisthenes : a historical commentary / / by Krzysztof Nawotka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

90-04-33522-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (371 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Mnemosyne Supplements : Monographs on Greek and Latin Language and Literature ; ; Volume 399

Disciplina

883.01

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Introduction -- Book One -- Book Two -- Book Three -- Bibliography -- Indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

The Alexander Romance by Ps.-Callisthenes of Krzysztof Nawotka is a guide to a third century AD fictional biography of Alexander the Great, the anonymous Historia Alexandri Magni . It is a historical commentary which identifies all names and places in this piece of Greek literature approached as a source for the history of Alexander the Great, from kings, like Nectanebo II of Egypt and Darius III of Persia, to fictional characters. It discusses real and imaginary geography of the Alexander Romance . While dealing with all aspects of Ps.-Callisthenes relevant to Greek history and to Macedonia, its pays particular attention to aspects of ancient history and culture of Babylonia and Egypt and to the multi-layered foundation story of Alexandria.