Battling without Beards: Synesius of Cyrene’s Calvitii encomium, Arrian’s Anabasis Alexandri and the Alexander discourse of the fourth century AD

This paper explores the literary tradition of the curious chreia that Alexander ordered his men to shave off their beards before battle. The story is represented by various sources from the imperial period but most prominently in the Encomium of Baldness by Synesius of Cyrene. The latter source posi...

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Auteur principal: Christian Djurslev
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Publié: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana. 2018
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/c7d0d9ed0b534c0192115cc00aec3bbe
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