The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de preliis.

Leo, Archipresbyter, active 10th century.; Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912.

Edité par London, Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co., MDCCCLXXXVI (1886).[Printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Bread Hill, London, Bungay, Suffolk],, 1886

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xxiv, 478 p., 1 l. 23 cm ; LC PR1119 .E5 no. 47 ; contemporary bookplate of The Newberry Library, Chicago, labels of the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto, Canada ; half-leather, with 5 bands, marbled papers; front and back boards loose and repaired, as well as front endpaper ; top edge gilt; transcription of the Romance of Alexander the Great, MS. Ashmole 44 ; fol. 1. ; Contents: Introduction -- The Gap in the Ashmole MS -- Numbering of the Lines -- Description of the Dublin Manuscript -- Dialectical Forms -- Method of Translation -- Probable date of the Translation -- Errata and Corrigenda -- etc, etc -- The Image of Xerxes Falls Down -- Darius Goes to Susa -- The Greeks Find Ninus' Sepulchre -- Two Persian Knights Attack Alexander -- Alexander Succeeds Darius -- Alexander's Proclamation -- Alexander Sends for Darius' Murderers -- Alexander Weds Roxana -- Porus Has Elephants with Castles -- The Great Wealth of India -- The Queen of the Amazons -- Great Want of Water -- Scorpions, Snakes and Dragons -- Mice, Bats and Red Birds -- Alexander Slays Porus -- The Dark Desert and Hot River -- Amphibious People and Rhinoceroses -- Alexander's Letter to Dendimus -- Customs of the Brahmans -- Simplicity of the Brahmans -- Dendimus Reproves Alexander -- They Sacrifice to Idols -- Various Sacrifices to Greek Gods -- Miseries of the Brahmans -- Man Changes According to His Age -- Alexander Builds a Marble Pillar -- The Trees of the Sun and Moon -- Appearance of a Basilisk -- The House of the Sun -- The Path Through the Wood -- Alexander Asks His Fate -- He Comes to the Precious Land -- Candoil's Wife is Taken from Him -- Alexander Pretends to be Antiochus -- Candace Entertains Alexander -- Alexander and Candace -- Candace Dismisses Alexander -- A Great Fight With Griffins -- Alexander Ascends in the Air -- Death of Bucephalus -- The great throne in Babylon -- Alexander's Will -- The Story of Alexander -- Notes -- Glossorial Index, And Index Of Names. ; FAIR.

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• Titre: The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de preliis.
• Éditeur: London, Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co., MDCCCLXXXVI (1886).[Printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Bread Hill, London, Bungay, Suffolk],
• Date de parution: 1886
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Fair
• Type de livre: Book