- Title
- "Joining the gods": Alexander at the Euphrates; Arrian 7.27.3, Metz Epitome 101-102 and the Alexander Romance
- Creator
- Baynham, Elizabeth
- Relation
- The Alexander Romance: History and Literature p. 189-198
- Relation
- Ancient Narrative Supplementum 25
- Relation
- https://www.barkhuis.nl/product_info.php?products_id=234
- Publisher
- Barkhuis
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- One of the more curious episodes in the web of stories surrounding Alexander’s demise relates that when the weak and dying king felt that his end was very near, he sent his friends away and began to crawl on his hands and knees (ME 101: deinde quadrupes ostium) towards the Euphrates, as conveniently, the river was close to his bedroom), intending to throw himself in to its waters and disappear. This paper examines the probable sources and purpose of this episode.
- Subject
- The Alexander Romance; Alexander the Great; literature criticism; Greek history
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1446235
- Identifier
- uon:42803
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789492444714
- Language
- eng
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