Article: The Roman Alexander: Reading a Cultural Myth.(Book Review)

The Roman Alexander: Reading a Cultural Myth. By Diana Spencer. (Exeter: Exeter University Press, 2002. Pp. xxvi, 277. $79.95.)

The figure of Alexander has intrigued writers and captivated the popular imagination since the time of his death in the late fourth century BC. This fascination is apparent in the literary references to and iconographic depictions of Alexander from the Hellenistic period through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the modern era. In this study, Diana Spencer explains how Alexander grew into an important cultural image and legend for the Romans during the late Republic and early Empire. She investigates the cultural appropriations of ...

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