Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend

Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend
Richard Stoneman
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h197 x 127mm - 336pg
13 Dec 2022 US
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9780300270068
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Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.E.) precipitated immense historical change in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. But the resonance his legend achieved over the next two millennia stretched even farther - across foreign cultures, religious traditions, and distant nations. Alexander came to embody the concerns of Hellenistic man; he fueled Roman ideas on tyranny and kingship; and, he was a talisman for fourth-century pagans and a hero of chivalry in the early Middle Ages. He appears in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic writings, frequently as a prophet of God. Whether battling winged foxes or meeting with the Amazons, descending to the underworld or inventing the world's first diving bell, Alexander inspired as a hero, even a god. Stoneman traces Alexander's influence in ancient literature and folklore and in later literatures of east and west. His book provides the definitive account of the legends of Alexander the Great - a powerful leader in life and an even more powerful figure in the history of literature and ideas. This title is short-listed for the 2009 Runciman Award, administered by the Anglo-Hellenic League and sponsored by the National Bank of Greece.
"This is an unusual and thought-provoking book that should appeal to both Alexander buffs and well-informed general readers."-Booklist Booklist "The volume is highly informative in its goal of tracing the evolution of thought about Alexander through the centuries."-Dawn L. Gilley, Bryn Mawr Classical Review -- Dawn L. Gilley Bryn Mawr Classical Review "The first full-scale study in over 50 years of the Alexander Romance and its legacy in English... Particularly interesting is the author's discussion of the rich medieval Persian Alexander literature-both Zoroastrian and Islamic-and its influence. This fascinating book belongs in every university and college library Essential."-Choice Choice
Richard Stoneman is Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter and widely acknowledged as the foremost expert globally on the myths of Alexander.

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