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Book Review

Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth

09/2023 | 1446 | 165

Pages: 1022-25

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Reviewer:

Daniotti, Claudia (Daniotti, Claudia)

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art literature:

Exhibition catalogues

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British Library, London, Great Britain

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Alexander the Great / Legends / History / Greek history / Manuscripts / Classical literature / Literature

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Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth Edited by Richard Stoneman with Ursula Sims-Williams, Adrian S. Edwards and Peter Toth. 304 pp. incl. over 200 col. ills. (British Library Publishing, London, 2022), £40. ISBN 978–0–7123–5476–9. | :

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Attributed works:

4. Alexander enters the Land of Darkness from Jami’ al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), by Rashid al-Din. c.1314. Paper, 45 by 33.1 cm. (Edinburgh University Library, MS Or. 20, f.19r).

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5. Roman copper medallion (contorniate) showing Olympias and the serpent. Rome, late 4th–early 5th century. Copper alloy and silver, diameter 1.1 cm. (British Museum, London).

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6. Alexander explores the ocean depths, from the Roman d’Alexandre en Prose. Paris, 1420–25. Parchment, 28.5 by 19.5 cm. (British Library, London, MS Royal 20 B.XX, f.77v).

Book Review

Archaic Greek Art against Its Historical Background

12/1951 | 585 | 93

Pages: 395

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Reviewer:

Kurz, Otto (Kurz, Otto; K., O.)

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places:

Greece

subjects:

Greek (ancient) sculpture / Greek (ancient) / Greek history

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Archaic Greek Art against Its Historical Background | author: Richter, Gisela M. A.

Book Review

Greek Cities

07/1933 | 364 | 63

Pages: 48-49

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Reviewer:

B., R. (B., R.)

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places:

Greece

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Greek history / Cities

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Greek Cities | author: Hutton, Peter

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