AskHistorians Minisode - Persian Depictions of Alexander the Great with Trevor_Culley
The AskHistorians Podcast · AskHistorians Podcast
April 29, 202119m 55s
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Show Notes
Jeremy Salkeld (EnclavedMicrostate) talks with Trevor Culley (Trevor_Culley) about an answer the latter wrote on the subreddit about depictions of Alexander the Great in Persia. Building from that answer's discussion, this episode takes us from the fragmentary bits and pieces of the Alexander legend in Babylonian inscriptions and Middle Persian papyrus fragments, up to the developed form found in Sasanian letters and medieval epic poetry. 20 mins.