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Alexander the Great : From His Death to the Present Day / John Boardman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boardman, John, Author.
- Series:
- Princeton scholarship online.
- Princeton scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Generals--Greece--Biography.
- Generals.
- Adventure Story.
- Afghanistan.
- Alexander Romances.
- Alexander the Great;Persian Empire;military career;icon;afterlife;mysterious east;Christ;historical events;Lionel Pearson;U.P. Arora;Plutarch;Arrian;death;excessive drinking;stroke;malaria;typhoid fever;Babylon;Alexandria;Romances;Alexander;illustration;lifelike portraiture;Greek art;Asia Minor;coinage;heroic legends;Greek literature;Ptolemaic Egypt;mystic east;Marco Polo;Sinbad the Sailor;Sir John de Mandeville;Persia.
- Asian journeys.
- Deeds of Alexander.
- Gandara.
- Gateway to India.
- Great Game.
- India.
- Indian history.
- Indo-Greek classics.
- Iran.
- Iskander.
- Josiah Harlan.
- Maya the Bee.
- Mughal India.
- Parthian story.
- Renaissance.
- Sasanian art.
- Second World War.
- Skanda.
- Sunset Oasis.
- The Alexander Cipher.
- antiquity.
- artists.
- caladrius.
- medieval illustration.
- scholars.
- travellers.
- Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
- Greece.
- Greece--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Local Subjects:
- Adventure Story.
- Afghanistan.
- Alexander Romances.
- Alexander the Great;Persian Empire;military career;icon;afterlife;mysterious east;Christ;historical events;Lionel Pearson;U.P. Arora;Plutarch;Arrian;death;excessive drinking;stroke;malaria;typhoid fever;Babylon;Alexandria;Romances;Alexander;illustration;lifelike portraiture;Greek art;Asia Minor;coinage;heroic legends;Greek literature;Ptolemaic Egypt;mystic east;Marco Polo;Sinbad the Sailor;Sir John de Mandeville;Persia.
- Asian journeys.
- Deeds of Alexander.
- Gandara.
- Gateway to India.
- Great Game.
- India.
- Indian history.
- Indo-Greek classics.
- Iran.
- Iskander.
- Josiah Harlan.
- Maya the Bee.
- Mughal India.
- Parthian story.
- Renaissance.
- Sasanian art.
- Second World War.
- Skanda.
- Sunset Oasis.
- The Alexander Cipher.
- antiquity.
- artists.
- caladrius.
- medieval illustration.
- scholars.
- travellers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- An illustrious scholar presents an elegant, concise, and generously illustrated exploration of Alexander the Great's representations in art and literature through the agesJohn Boardman is one of the world's leading authorities on ancient Greece, and his acclaimed books command a broad readership. In this book, he looks beyond the life of Alexander the Great in order to examine the astonishing range of Alexanders created by generations of authors, historians, and artists throughout the world-from Scotland to China.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 ancient world to reflect on the most interesting and emblematic depictions of this towering historical figure.Some of the stories in this book relate to historical events associated with Alexander's military career and some to the fantasy that has been woven around him, and Boardman relates each with his customary verve and erudition. From Alexander's biographers in ancient Greece to the illustrated Alexander "Romances" of the Middle Ages to operas, films, and even modern cartoons, this generously illustrated volume takes readers on a fascinating cultural journey as it delivers a perfect pairing of subject and author.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I. His Biographers
- II. His Body and Burial
- III. The Alexander Portraits in Antiquity
- IV. The Alexander Romances in the Middle Ages
- V. The Persian Alexander/ Iskander
- VI. The Indian Alexander
- VII. The Alexander Story in the Renaissance and Down to the Present Day
- VIII. Alexander, Star of Film, Stage, and Novel
- IX. Fellow Travellers, Marco Polo to TV
- Envoi
- Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780691184043
- 0691184046
- OCLC:
- 1078918298
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