'How can a man become a god?' So enquired Alexander the Great of
the Brahmin sages of India. And how did they reply? 'By doing what
it is impossible for a man to do.' And that answer set a keynote
for the Conqueror's entire career, which was characterized
throughout by Alexander's attempts to achieve the unachievable: to
scale the fresh heights and make the incredible real and tangible
on earth. He wrestled an Indian monster larger than an elephant,
fought ants the size of foxes and contested bats with human teeth.
He became a Jewish convert, sailed up the Ganges and visited the
Earthly Paradise. Already a legend in his own lifetime, the
glittering figure of Alexander preoccupied European, Jewish and
Arabic folklore until the 15th century. Richard Stoneman, who is
one of his leading modern interpreters, here presents a range of
Greek and Latin texts which recount the Conqueror's adventures in
the east. Essential reading for students of late antique and
medieval literature, these stories are still unsurpassed for sheer
entertainment, opening a window onto a rumbustious world of legend
as rich as that of the Arabian Nights. This revised edition offers
a substantial new introduction by the editor.
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