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11 p, 354.8 KB Battling without Beards : Synesius of Cyrene's Calvitii encomium, Arrian's Anabasis Alexandri and the Alexander discourse of the fourth century AD / Djurslev, Christian Thrue (Aarhus University)
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. [...]
Este artículo explora la tradición literaria de la curiosa chreia que recoge que Alejandro ordenó a sus hombres afeitarse sus barbas antes de la batalla. La historia aparece recogida en varias fuentes de época imperial pero sobre todo en el prominente Encomio de la calvicie de Sinesio de Cirene. [...]

2018
Karanos, Vol. 1 (2018) , p. 55-65 (Papers)  
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20 p, 415.1 KB Icons, Images, Interpretations : Arrian, Lukian, their Relationship, and Alexander at the Kydnos / Müller, Sabine (Philipps Universität Marburg)
Alexander was the most prominent Argead and one of the major figures in Second Sophistic literature. The Second Sophistic authors had their own respective images of Alexander, treatment of their sources, and intention to write about him. [...]
Alejandro Magno fue el Argéada más prominente y una de las figuras de mayor peso en la literatura de la Segunda Sofística. Los autores de la Segunda Sofística mostraron su propia perspectiva sobre las imágenes de Alejandro, el tratamiento de las fuentes y la intención de escribir sobre él. [...]

2018
Karanos, Vol. 1 (2018) , p. 67-86 (Papers)  

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