This paper explores the literary tradition of the curious chreia that Alexander ordered his men to shave off their beards before battle. The story is represented by various sources from the imperial period but most prominently in the Encomium of Baldness by Synesius of Cyrene. The latter source posits that the story comes from the History of Alexander by Ptolemy, son of Lagus, but this claim cannot be true when Synesius' version is compared to other extant uses of the chreia. This paper exemplifies some of Synesius' methods of working, arguing that we need to invest more energy in appreciating the wider tradition of Alexander in late antiquity to understand our earlier texts.Este artículo explora la tradición literaria de la curiosa chreia ...
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This paper explores the literary tradition of the curious chreia that Alexander ordered his men to s...
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Dossier 2 : « Tradition et transmission dans l’Antiquité : réflexions interdisciplinaires »Titre ori...
Traditionally, the belief has been that the Hellenistic kings began to shave their beards following ...
Literary and historical means of the Alexander portrait: the use of barbarians in Arrian’s Anabasis....
When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC without a chosen successor he left behind a huge empire and ...
UID/HIS/04666/2013Alexander the Great is one of the most widely mythologized figures of Antiquity, w...
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It is widely known that Arrian was influenced by the fourth century writer, Xenophon. In many of his...
The Clearchid dynasty at Heraclea Pontica was able to maintain power through one of the most turbule...
During the expedition and campaing across Asia, Alexander and his army had been involved in a lot of...
Arrian’s preface to the Anabasis is ‘an honourable exception’ in the ancient historiography, sinc...
This paper explores the literary tradition of the curious chreia that Alexander ordered his men to s...
This paper deals with an aspect of Alexander the Great's representation that had not been systematic...
Historians have long been discussing and analyzing Arrian\u27s The Campaigns of Alexander, and not j...
The image of Alexander the Great, “according to the many legends he was a king, a hero, a god, a con...
Dossier 2 : « Tradition et transmission dans l’Antiquité : réflexions interdisciplinaires »Titre ori...
Traditionally, the belief has been that the Hellenistic kings began to shave their beards following ...
Literary and historical means of the Alexander portrait: the use of barbarians in Arrian’s Anabasis....
When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC without a chosen successor he left behind a huge empire and ...
UID/HIS/04666/2013Alexander the Great is one of the most widely mythologized figures of Antiquity, w...
In the ‘genealogical’ passage of the ‘Encomium’ of Ptolemy Philadelphus Theocritus several times cal...
Abstract Alexander of Cotiaeum, the cultivated sophistes and one among the teachers of Aelius Aristi...
It is widely known that Arrian was influenced by the fourth century writer, Xenophon. In many of his...
The Clearchid dynasty at Heraclea Pontica was able to maintain power through one of the most turbule...
During the expedition and campaing across Asia, Alexander and his army had been involved in a lot of...
Arrian’s preface to the Anabasis is ‘an honourable exception’ in the ancient historiography, sinc...