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This volume presents final versions of papers read at a conference in Wroclaw in 2013, on Alexander the Great (356 BC-323 BC). Alexander left Macedonia in the spring of 334 BC, less than two years in his rule, to cross to Asia in May 334 BC, never to return to Europe. While most of his life and his epic conquests evolved in the East. Educated in the best of classical Greek tradition and the conquerer of the East, Alexander acted within diverse cultures which were, nevertheless, never totally apart, influencing each other throughout most of the classical age; hence a handful of papers in this volume looks at the intersection of cultures and at the personal of Alexander in this variegated world. Alexander is among the best established heroes of various cultural traditions in Asia. His purported correspondence with Aristotle, an Arabic scripted epistolary novel now resides in Istanbul. Anyone faced with the enormous output on Alexander the Great, every paper, no matter how much source oriented, has to deal with conflicting opinions of other scholars. There are 25 essays, and a bibliography and footnotes. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
