The Power of Alexander's Mystique
Alexander's legend 1500 years after his death:
the medieval world, Arab, Byzantine and Latin
continued to be fascinated with the greatest conqueror of all time. In these images all three dominant
powers show a similar interest in Alexander.
Bibliography:
Thomas Steppan, "The Artukid bowl: courtly art in the Middle Byzantine period and its
relation to the Islamic East" in
Perception of Byzantium and its Neighbors edited by O.Z. Pevny (New Haven, 2000) pp. 84-101.
