The Life and Exploits of Alexander the Great: Being a Series of Translations of the Ethiopic Historic of Alexander by the Pseudo-Callisthenes and Other Writers, With Introduction, Etc.

Budge E. A. Wallis:

ISBN 10: 1417947837 / ISBN 13: 9781417947836

Published by Kessinger., 2004

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• Title: The Life and Exploits of Alexander the Great: Being a Series of Translations of the Ethiopic Historic of Alexander by the Pseudo-Callisthenes and Other Writers, With Introduction, Etc.
• Publisher: Kessinger.
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1417947837
• ISBN 13: 9781417947836
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
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This work was first published in 1896. E. A. Wallis Budge was the Curator of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum from 1894 to 1924. Budge is perhaps best known for translating "The Egyptian Book of The Dead" (also known as "The Papyrus of Ani"), as well as analyzing many of the practices of Egyptian religion, language and ritual. He was also involved in numerous archaeology digs in Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Sudan. The object of this work is to present to students and lovers of the legendary history of Alexander the Great the various histories of this marvelous man which are extant in the Ethiopic language, together with English translations of the same and some necessary notes. The collection of texts contained in this volume consist of the Ethiopic version of the "Pseudo-Callisthenes"; the Ethiopic versions of the "Arabic Histories of Alexander" by Al-Makin and Abu Shaker; the Ethiopic version of the "Hebrew History of Alexander" by Joseph ben-Gorion; a short account of Alexander's death and of the utterances of the sages thereon; the "Christian Romance", which is probably an original Ethiopian work; and an account of the "Vision of Abba Gerasimus".