The paper investigates the figure of Alexander the Great as he is presented in the apocalyptic tradition, both as forerunner of the Antichrist and as the descendant of Christ: a double nature which finds its mirror in his physical description in the Alexander Romance.
franchi caterina (2018). Pulchrum Monstrum. Alessandro il Grande e la letteratura apocalittica. Bologna : Bononia University Press.
Pulchrum Monstrum. Alessandro il Grande e la letteratura apocalittica
franchi caterina
2018
Abstract
The paper investigates the figure of Alexander the Great as he is presented in the apocalyptic tradition, both as forerunner of the Antichrist and as the descendant of Christ: a double nature which finds its mirror in his physical description in the Alexander Romance.File in questo prodotto:
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