The Flying King: the novelistic Alexander (Pseudo-Callisthenes 2.41) and the traditions of the Ancient Orient
The story of Alexander’s flight is preserved in early Byzantine versions of the Alexander Romance (codex L, recensions λ and γ) but is already mentioned by Rabbi Jonah of Tiberias (4th century AD) in the Jerusalem Talmud. The narrative must have been created between the late Hellenistic period and...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos (SBEC)
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Classica, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos |
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| Online Access: | https://revista.classica.org.br/classica/article/view/898 |