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The History of Alexander the Great

Being the Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes

The History of Alexander the Great( )
Edited and Translated by: Budge, E. A. Wallis
ISBN:978-1-107-63117-5
Publication Date:Jul 2013
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $47.99
Book Description:

Originally published in 1889, this book by the highly esteemed Orientalist Ernest Wallis Budge is an edition of the Syriac version of the text by Pseudo-Callisthenes on the life of Alexander the Great, one of the earliest histories of the great Macedonian general.

Book Details
Pages:684
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Medieval
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.928 x 8.931 x 1.482 Inches
Book Weight:2.18 Pounds
Author Biography
(Edited and Translated by)
E.A. Wallis Budge, 1857 - 1934 Budge was the Curator of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum from 1894 to 1924. He was also a Sometime Scholar of Christ's College, a scholar at the University of Cambridge, Tyrwhitt, and a Hebrew Scholar. He collected a large number of Coptic, Greek, Arabic, Syriac, Ethiopian, and Egyptian Papyri manuscripts. He was involved in numerous archaeology digs in Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Sudan.

Budge is known for translating the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which is also known as The Papyrus of Ani. He also analyzed many of the practices of Egyptian religion, language and ritual. His written works consisted of translated texts and hieroglyphs and a complete dictionary of hieroglyphs. Budge's published works covered areas of Egyptian culture ranging from Egyptian religion, Egyptian mythology and magical practices. He was knighted in 1920.

E.A. Wallis Budge died on November 23, 1934 in London, England.

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