Alexander, the King in Shining Armor

This paper deals with an aspect of Alexander the Great's representation that had not been systematically studied by the modern scholars as yet, the refulgent panoply of the Macedonian king in combat. The author collects the passages where this motif appears, examines the sources and presents so...

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Publicado: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana. 2019
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4bc04c5095c74c0c9c762a63d04eb4962021-12-02T13:15:06ZAlexander, the King in Shining Armor2604-61992604-3521https://doaj.org/article/4bc04c5095c74c0c9c762a63d04eb4962019-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/karanos/article/view/27https://doaj.org/toc/2604-6199https://doaj.org/toc/2604-3521This paper deals with an aspect of Alexander the Great's representation that had not been systematically studied by the modern scholars as yet, the refulgent panoply of the Macedonian king in combat. The author collects the passages where this motif appears, examines the sources and presents some parallels in the Greek literary and iconographic tradition.Victor Alonso TroncosoUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana.articleAlexander the Greatshining armoursource criticismepic traditioniconographyAncient historyD51-90ArchaeologyCC1-960ELENESFRITKaranos, Vol 2 (2019)
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language EL
EN
ES
FR
IT
topic Alexander the Great
shining armour
source criticism
epic tradition
iconography
Ancient history
D51-90
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle Alexander the Great
shining armour
source criticism
epic tradition
iconography
Ancient history
D51-90
Archaeology
CC1-960
Victor Alonso Troncoso
Alexander, the King in Shining Armor
description This paper deals with an aspect of Alexander the Great's representation that had not been systematically studied by the modern scholars as yet, the refulgent panoply of the Macedonian king in combat. The author collects the passages where this motif appears, examines the sources and presents some parallels in the Greek literary and iconographic tradition.
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title Alexander, the King in Shining Armor
title_short Alexander, the King in Shining Armor
title_full Alexander, the King in Shining Armor
title_fullStr Alexander, the King in Shining Armor
title_full_unstemmed Alexander, the King in Shining Armor
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publisher Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana.
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