What do you k ow about Alexander The Great and what do you think of him
They say he was the greatest general to ever live , The Macedonian king . I have to say from seeing how vast he made his short lived empire I have to agree
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DrWatson · 70-79, M
I have done some readings in Medieval Latin, and I have discovered that during the Middle Ages, Alexander the Great was a legendary figure in a lot of stories. Scholars refer to the "Alexandran Romance."
There are all sort of fantastical stories about him.
In one, which details his exploits in India, he and his soldiers discover precious gems growing on vines, and houses made of gold.
In another, he wants to learn what kind of creatures dwell on the bottom of the sea. So he enters what we might call a bathosphere, and his men on the shore drag it with ropes, while he is pulled along the sea bottom. What does he discover down there? Lions and tigers, and other animals just like those on the earths' surface, are walking around on the bottom of the ocean!
In that same story, he builds a flying device with wings so he can soar above the earth and survey the land.
He became much "larger than life" in Medieval literature.
There are all sort of fantastical stories about him.
In one, which details his exploits in India, he and his soldiers discover precious gems growing on vines, and houses made of gold.
In another, he wants to learn what kind of creatures dwell on the bottom of the sea. So he enters what we might call a bathosphere, and his men on the shore drag it with ropes, while he is pulled along the sea bottom. What does he discover down there? Lions and tigers, and other animals just like those on the earths' surface, are walking around on the bottom of the ocean!
In that same story, he builds a flying device with wings so he can soar above the earth and survey the land.
He became much "larger than life" in Medieval literature.
