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Alexander the great

  • Why Alexander the Great was treated with hostility in Zoroastrian literature

    Why Alexander the Great was treated with hostility in Zoroastrian literature

    Ursula Sims-Williams
    · Feb 22, 2023 · 09:30 pm
  • Feeling an affinity with Alexander the Great, Akbar commissioned a special manuscript on his life

    Feeling an affinity with Alexander the Great, Akbar commissioned a special manuscript on his life

    Ursula Sims Wiliams
    · Feb 21, 2023 · 09:30 pm
  • Not just Alexander the Great, there are myths around his pet dog too

    Not just Alexander the Great, there are myths around his pet dog too

    Yrja Thorsdottir
    · Feb 17, 2023 · 11:30 pm
  • How Alexander the Great became Iskandar Zulkarnain, the legendary ancestor of Malay kings

    How Alexander the Great became Iskandar Zulkarnain, the legendary ancestor of Malay kings

    Annabel Teh Gallop
    · Feb 06, 2023 · 07:30 pm
  • How Persian literature imagined Alexander the Great’s romantic relationships around the world

    How Persian literature imagined Alexander the Great’s romantic relationships around the world

    Sunil Sharma
    · Jan 04, 2023 · 09:30 pm
  • In Turkic literature, Alexander the Great appears as both a legend and a divine king

    In Turkic literature, Alexander the Great appears as both a legend and a divine king

    Michael Erdman
    · Nov 23, 2022 · 11:30 pm
  • In illustrations: Tales of conquests and adventures from the life of Alexander the Great

    In illustrations: Tales of conquests and adventures from the life of Alexander the Great

    Ursula Sims-Williams
    · Oct 27, 2022 · 07:30 pm
  • How did Alexander become ‘the Great’? A new exhibition explores the making of a myth

    How did Alexander become ‘the Great’? A new exhibition explores the making of a myth

    Ursula Sims-Williams
    · Sep 26, 2022 · 07:30 pm
  • Porus battles Alexander in Sony TV’s opulent historical drama

    Porus battles Alexander in Sony TV’s opulent historical drama

    Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
    · Nov 17, 2017 · 01:30 pm