Icons, Images, Interpretations: Arrian,Lukian, their Relationship, and Alexander at the Kydnos

Alexander was the most prominent Argead and one of the major figures in Second Sophistic literature. The Second Sophistic authors had their own respective images of Alexander, treatment of their sources, and intention to write about him. This paper aims at exploring Lucian's ironic response to...

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Autor principal:	Sabine Müller
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Lenguaje:	EL EN ES FR IT
Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana. 2018
Materias:	Kydnos River Alexander the Great Lucian Arrian Ancient history D51-90 Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ccd40855761945868a4311ff3cff10922021-12-02T13:15:14ZIcons, Images, Interpretations: Arrian,Lukian, their Relationship, and Alexander at the Kydnos2604-61992604-3521https://doaj.org/article/ccd40855761945868a4311ff3cff10922018-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/karanos/article/view/4https://doaj.org/toc/2604-6199https://doaj.org/toc/2604-3521 Alexander was the most prominent Argead and one of the major figures in Second Sophistic literature. The Second Sophistic authors had their own respective images of Alexander, treatment of their sources, and intention to write about him. This paper aims at exploring Lucian's ironic response to the historiographical Alexander images in his time. It will be argued that by ridiculing the current Alexander images in Second Sophistic literature, particularly as provided by Arrian's Anabasis, Lucian did not mean to make fun of the historical Alexander but of his reception and the bias and artifice involved. Sabine MüllerUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana.articleKydnos RiverAlexander the GreatLucianArrianAncient historyD51-90ArchaeologyCC1-960ELENESFRITKaranos, Vol 1 (2018)
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description	Alexander was the most prominent Argead and one of the major figures in Second Sophistic literature. The Second Sophistic authors had their own respective images of Alexander, treatment of their sources, and intention to write about him. This paper aims at exploring Lucian's ironic response to the historiographical Alexander images in his time. It will be argued that by ridiculing the current Alexander images in Second Sophistic literature, particularly as provided by Arrian's Anabasis, Lucian did not mean to make fun of the historical Alexander but of his reception and the bias and artifice involved.
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title	Icons, Images, Interpretations: Arrian,Lukian, their Relationship, and Alexander at the Kydnos
title_short	Icons, Images, Interpretations: Arrian,Lukian, their Relationship, and Alexander at the Kydnos
title_full	Icons, Images, Interpretations: Arrian,Lukian, their Relationship, and Alexander at the Kydnos
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title_full_unstemmed	Icons, Images, Interpretations: Arrian,Lukian, their Relationship, and Alexander at the Kydnos
title_sort	icons, images, interpretations: arrian,lukian, their relationship, and alexander at the kydnos
publisher	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana.
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Icons, Images, Interpretations: Arrian,Lukian, their Relationship, and Alexander at the Kydnos

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