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Mar 30, 2010 · Richard Stoneman, a foremost expert on the Alexander myths, introduces us first to the historical Alexander and then to the Alexander of legend, an unparalleled mythic icon who came to represent the heroic ideal in cultures from Egypt to Iceland, from Britain to Malaya.
Nov 5, 1991 · Richard Stoneman does a fantastic job of bringing all the Alexander legends together in the true Alexander Romance--which was generated within a century of his death but was recreated and elaborated even through the Dark and Middle Ages.
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- Pseudo-Callisthenes
- $14
- Penguin Classics
Richard Stoneman My mission. I have been extraordinarily lucky to live a life of such breadth of experience. As a result, two things now motivate me: How we need to change our behaviours and institutions for our children and grandchildren to have a reasonable chance of rising to the immense challenges confronting humanity in the 21st century ...
Richard Stoneman is a scholar, an author, an editor, and an honorary visiting professor at the University of Exeter. An expert in the field of Greek history, his works include The Greek Alexander Romance, Xerxes: A Persian Life, The Ancient Oracles: Making the Gods Speak, and A Traveller’s History of Athens. He lives in Devon, England.
This engaging and handsomely illustrated book for the first time gathers together hundreds of the colorful Alexander legends that have been told and retold around the globe. Richard Stoneman, a foremost expert on the Alexander myths, introduces us first to the historical Alexander and then to the Alexander of legend, an unparalleled mythic icon ...
- Richard Stoneman
- Yale University Press, 2008
- illustrated, reprint
- Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend
I graduated primarily in economics from Oriel College, Oxford on its PPE programme. I was to return 17 years later when awarded a mid-career research fellowship at Oxford’s specialist international college, St Antony’s, from where I embarked on the most instructive part of my life working in Moscow.
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Richard Stoneman has 64 books on Goodreads with 26021 ratings. Richard Stoneman’s most popular book is The Greek Alexander Romance.
