TY - BOOK AU - Aerts,Willem J. TI - The Byzantine Alexander Poem T2 - Byzantinisches Archiv : Als Ergänzung zur Byzantinischen Zeitschrift , SN - 9781614515302 AV - PA3946 .C3 2014 U1 - 883.02 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter, KW - Byzantine poetry KW - Alexander Romance KW - Byzantine Alexander Poem KW - HISTORY / Ancient / Greece KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Introduction --; The Alexander Poem --; Book I --; Book II --; Book III --; Index of names --; Index of neologisms or rare words --; Frontmatter 2 --; Contents --; Synopsis --; Commentary. Part 1 --; Commentary. Part 2 --; Modern Authors, mentioned in the commentary --; Index of instances from Classical and Byzantine literature mentioned in the Commentary --; Bibliography; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Among the many versions of the Alexander Romance originating from Alexandria (3rd century AD) the long Byzantine Alexander Poem takes a special place. It is transmitted in only one miscellaneous manuscript, Ms. Marcianus Graecus 408, and contains 6130 ‘political’ (fifteen-syllable) verses. This edition presents a new critical text of the Byzantine Alexander Poem with an introduction and an extensive commentary UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614513070 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781614513070 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781614513070/original ER -