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Alexander the Great : From His Death to the Present Day /

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
Autor principal: Boardman, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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.