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Alexander Romance in Persia and the East (Hardcover)
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Alexander Romance in Persia and the East (Hardcover)
Series: Ancient Narrative Supplementum, 15
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Alexander the Great of Macedon was no stranger to controversy in
his own time. Conqueror of the Greek states, of Egypt and of the
Persian Empire as well as many of the principalities of the Indus
Valley, he nevertheless became revered as well as vilified. Was he
a simply a destroyer of the ancient civilizations and religions of
these regions, or was he a hero of the Persian dynasties and of
Islam? The conflicting views that were taken of him in the Middle
East in his own time and the centuries that followed are still
reflected in the tensions that exist between east and west today.
The story of Alexander became the subject of legend in the medieval
west, but was perhaps even more pervasive in the east. The
Alexander Romance was translated into Syriac in the sixth century
and may have become current in Persia as early as the third century
AD. From these beginnings it reached into the Persian national
epic, the Shahnameh, into Jewish traditions, and into the Quran and
subsequent Arab romance. The papers in this volume all have the aim
of deepening our understanding of this complex development. If we
can understand better why Alexander is such an important figure in
both east and west, we shall be a little closer to understanding
what unites two often antipathetic worlds. This volume collects the
papers delivered at the conference of the same title held at the
University of Exeter from July 26-29 2010. More than half the
papers were by invited speakers and were designed to provide a
systematic view of the subject; the remainder were selected for
their ability to carry research forward in an integrated way.
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