IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1108: Representations of Alexander the Great, II
Wednesday 9 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Gabriel Wasserman, Independent Scholar, New York |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Eva Frojmovic, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Leeds |
| Paper 1108-a | Alexander the Great in the Mosaics of the Cathedrals of Puglia: Political Legitimacy and Propaganda against Byzantium in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Political Thought |
| Paper 1108-b | Portrayals of Alexander in Hebrew Liturgical Poems piyyutim for Hanukkah from High Medieval Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Comparative, Learning (The Classical Inheritance) |
| Abstract | Ever since Alexander the Great built his empire in the 330s BCE, his personality and exploits captured the interest and imagination of the people of many lands - both lands that he had conquered, in southeastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, and lands beyond the borders of his empire, in northern and western Europe. In the Middle Ages, the so-called Alexander Romance of Pseudo-Callisthenes was an especially popular text, or family of texts, among Christians, Muslims, and Jews, in its various versions in various languages. However, this was not the only medieval portrayal of Alexander. The papers in this session discuss the reception of Alexander in the various Medieval traditions. |