Alexander the Great : from his death to the present day /

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Alexander's defeat of the Persian Empire in 331 BC captured the popular imagination, inspiring an endless series of stories and representations that emerged shortly after his death and continues today. An art historian and archaeologist, Boardman draws on his deep knowledge of Alexander and the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boardman, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
359-323 B.C.
Generals > Greece > Biography.
Généraux > Grèce > Biographies.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
ART > History > Ancient & Classical.
Generals
Kings and rulers
Greece > History > Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
Greece > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Grèce > Histoire > 359-323 av. J.-C. (Expansion de la Macédoine)
Greece
Adventure Story.
Afghanistan.
Alexander Romances.
Alexander the Great.
Alexander.
Alexandria.
Arrian.
Asia Minor.
Asian journeys.
Babylon.
Christ.
Deeds of Alexander.
Gandara.
Gateway to India.
Great Game.
Greek art.
Greek literature.
India.
Indian history.
Indo-Greek classics.
Iran.
Iskander.
Josiah Harlan.
Lionel Pearson.
Marco Polo.
Maya the Bee.
Mughal India.
Parthian story.
Persia.
Persian Empire.
Plutarch.
Ptolemaic Egypt.
Renaissance.
Romances.
Sasanian art.
Second World War.
Sinbad the Sailor.
Sir John de Mandeville.
Skanda.
Sunset Oasis.
The Alexander Cipher.
U.P. Arora.
afterlife.
antiquity.
artists.
caladrius.
coinage.
death.
excessive drinking.
heroic legends.
historical events.
icon.
illustration.
lifelike portraiture.
malaria.
medieval illustration.
military career.
mysterious east.
mystic east.
scholars.
stroke.
travellers.
typhoid fever.
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • His biographers
  • His body and burial
  • The Alexander portraits in antiquity
  • The Alexander romances in the Middle Ages
  • The Persian Alexander/Iskander
  • The Indian Alexander
  • The Alexander story in the Renaissance and down to the present day
  • Alexander, star of film, stage, and novel
  • Fellow travellers, Marco Polo to TV
  • Envoi.

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