Title: "Joining the gods": Alexander at the Euphrates; Arrian 7.27.3, Metz Epitome 101-102 and the Alexander Romance
Creator: Baynham, Elizabeth
Relation: The Alexander Romance: History and Literature p. 189-198
Relation: Ancient Narrative Supplementum 25
Relation: https://www.barkhuis.nl/product_info.php?products_id=234
Publisher: Barkhuis
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2018
Description: One of the more curious episodes in the web of stories surrounding Alexander’s demise relates that when the weak and dying king felt that his end was very near, he sent his friends away and began to crawl on his hands and knees (ME 101: deinde quadrupes ostium) towards the Euphrates, as conveniently, the river was close to his bedroom), intending to throw himself in to its waters and disappear. This paper examines the probable sources and purpose of this episode.
Subject: The Alexander Romance; Alexander the Great; literature criticism; Greek history
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1446235
Identifier: uon:42803
Identifier: ISBN:9789492444714
Language: eng

"Joining the gods": Alexander at the Euphrates; Arrian 7.27.3, Metz Epitome 101-102 and the Alexander Romance