A Turkish Alexander? Michael Attaleiates, Porus, and Alexander The Great

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  • Christopher Mallan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/histos365

Keywords:

Byzantine historiography, intertextuality, historical parallelism, Alexander the Great, Michael Attaleiates

Abstract

This short note discusses Michael Attaleiates' account of the encounter between prince Liparites and the Turk, Tughril Beg (Attal. 8.2 [Bekker p. 45 = Pérez Martín p. 34]), which contains an allusion to the famous exchange between Alexander the Great and Porus.

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2017-08-01

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Mallan, Christopher. 2017. “A Turkish Alexander? Michael Attaleiates, Porus, and Alexander The Great”. Histos 11 (August). https://doi.org/10.29173/histos365.

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Vol. 11 (2017): HISTOS 11 (2017)

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