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Daphne into Laurel : translations of classical poetry from Chaucer to the present
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ISBN: 0715616463 9780715616468 Year: 1982 Publisher: London: Duckworth,

A literary companion to travel in Greece
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ISBN: 0892362987 9780892362981 Year: 1994 Publisher: Malibu (Calif.): Getty museum,


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The ancient oracles : making the gods speak
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ISBN: 9780300140422 0300140428 Year: 2011 Publisher: New Haven, CT: Yale university press,


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Palmyra and its empire : Zenobia's revolt against Rome.
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ISBN: 0472103873 Year: 1992 Publisher: Ann Arbor University of Michigan press

Alexander the Great: a life in legend
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ISBN: 9780300112030 0300112033 Year: 2009 Publisher: New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press

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Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) 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. This engaging and handsomely illustrated book for the first time gathers together hundreds of the colorful Alexander legends that have been told and retold around the globe. Richard Stoneman, a foremost expert on the Alexander myths, introduces us first to the historical Alexander and then to the Alexander of legend, an unparalleled mythic icon who came to represent the heroic ideal in cultures from Egypt to Iceland, from Britain to Malaya. Alexander came to embody the concerns of Hellenistic man; he fueled Roman ideas on tyranny and kingship; 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.

A luminous land : artists discover Greece
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ISBN: 089236467X Year: 1998 Publisher: Los Angeles (Calif.) : J. Paul Getty museum,


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Megasthenes' Indica : a new translation of the fragments with commentary
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ISBN: 9781003038580 1003038581 9780367472948 9781032023571 9781000411836 1000411834 9781000411799 1000411796 Year: 2021 Publisher: Milton Taylor & Francis Group

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This book provides a new translation of all the surviving portions of the description of India written by Megasthenes in about 310 BCE, the fullest account of Indian geography, history and customs available to the classical world. The Indica was a pioneering work of ethnography that exemplified a new direction in Hellenistic writing; India was little-known to the Greeks before the expedition of Alexander the Great in 326–325 BCE, and Megasthenes, who resided as an ambassador in the Maurya capital Pataliputra for some time, provided the classical world with most of what it knew about India.   Megasthenes’ book, which became a classic in antiquity, now survives only in fragments preserved in other Greek and Latin authors. Stoneman’s work offers a reliable and accessible version of all the writings that can plausibly be ascribed to Megasthenes. His subject ranges from detailed accounts of social structure and the royal household, to descriptions of elephant hunting and Indian philosophical ideas. His book is the only written source contemporary with the Maurya kingdom of Candragupta, since writing was not in use in India at this date. This translation provides a path to clearer understanding of Greek ethnography and a valuable resource on Indian history.The book will be of value not only to classical scholars with an interest in Hellenistic history and cultural attitudes, and to their students, but also to scholars working on the early history of India, who have had to rely (unless they are also Greek scholars) on scattered and dated collections of evidence.


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A History of Alexander the Great in World Culture
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ISBN: 9781107167698 9781316711798 9781316618080 1316733394 1316731464 131671179X Year: 2022 Publisher: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press,

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Alexander III of Macedon (356-323 BC) has for over 2000 years been one of the best recognized names from antiquity. He set about creating his own legend in his lifetime, and subsequent writers and political actors developed it. He acquired the surname 'Great' by the Roman period, and the Alexander Romance transmitted his legendary biography to every language of medieval Europe and the Middle East. As well as an adventurer who sought the secret of immortality and discussed the purpose of life with the naked sages of India, he became a model for military achievement as well as a religious prophet bringing Christianity (in the Crusades) and Islam (in the Qur'an and beyond) to the regions he conquered. This innovative and fascinating volume explores these and many other facets of his reception in various cultures around the world, right up to the present and his role in gay activism.

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Alexander, --- Cult. --- Influence. --- Greece --- History --- Kings and rulers

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