The Byzantine Alexander Poem

Willem J. Aerts,Pseudo-Callisth

The Byzantine Alexander Poem
Format
Hardback
Publisher
De Gruyter
Country
United States
Published
26 May 2014
Pages
646
ISBN
9781614515302

The Byzantine Alexander Poem

Willem J. Aerts,Pseudo-Callisth

Among the many versions of the Alexander Romance originating from Alexandria (3rd century AD) the long Byzantine Alexander Poem takes a special place. It is transmitted in only one miscellaneous manuscript, Ms. Marcianus Graecus 408, and contains 6130 ‘political’ (fifteen-syllable) verses. Thisedition presents a new criticaltext of the Byzantine Alexander Poem with an introduction and an extensive commentary.

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