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Title plate of The Distinguished
Deeds of Alexander the Great by Antonio Tempesta of Florence,
printed from copper plates, 1608 |
Alexander decides to use his sword to
cut the Gordian knot in plate 2 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of
Florence, 1608 |
The troops beg Alexander to allow
them to return home from India in plate 3 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta
of Florence, 1608 |
A battle of Alexander against the
Persians in plate 4 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608 |
Alexander encourages his troops to
stand fast in a battle against the Persians in plate 5 of 11 by
Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608 |
Persian cavalrymen turn their steeds
in flight in a battle against Alexander in plate 6 of 11 by Antonio
Tempesta of Florence, 1608 |
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A Macedonian assault during the siege
of Tyre in plate 7 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608 |
Alexander assaults a mountain
fastness (Aornus?) via a secret route in plate 8 of 11 by Antonio
Tempesta of Florence, 1608 |
Alexander celebrates the surrender of
the Indian city of Nysa with a triumphal procession in plate 9 of 11
by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608 |
Alexander drapes the corpse of Darius
with his cloak in plate 10 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence,
1608 |
Alexander's lion hunt in the game
park of Bazaira in plate 11 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence,
1608 |
Alexander kills a lion, perhaps in
the Persian game park at Bazaira (1880) |
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The entry of Alexander into Babylon
after the 17th century painting by Charles Le Brun (late
17th or early 18th century) |
The fight about the chariot of Darius at Issus by
Andr-
Castaigne, published 1914 |
The
Siege of Gaza by Andr-
Castaigne, published 1914 |
Alexander with the painter Apelles
from De Vaugelas' French translation of Curtius published in
Amsterdam in 1696 |
Title page from De Vaugelas- French
translation of Curtius published in Amsterdam in 1696 |
The birth of Alexander from De
Vaugelas- French translation of Curtius published in Amsterdam in
1696 |
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Alexander & Hephaistion visit the
Persian Royal Family after Issus from De Vaugelas' French
translation of Curtius published in Amsterdam in 1696 |
The Battle of Arbela (Gaugamela)
from De Vaugelas' French translation of Curtius published in
Amsterdam in 1696 |
The death of Darius from De Vaugelas'
French translation of Curtius published in Amsterdam in 1696 |
Thalestris the Amazon
Queen visits Alexander from De Vaugelas' French translation of
Curtius published in Amsterdam in 1696 |
The killing of Parmenion
from De Vaugelas' French translation of Curtius published in
Amsterdam in 1696 |
Spitamenes' wife brings his head to Alexander from De Vaugelas'
French translation of Curtius published in Amsterdam in 1696 |
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Alexander�s lone defence
against the Mallians/Oxydracae from De Vaugelas' French translation
of Curtius published in Amsterdam in 1696 |
The death of Alexander
from De Vaugelas' French translation of Curtius published in
Amsterdam in 1696 |
The
arrival of the Athenian ambassadors to Alexander at Tyre in the
state galley, the Paralus, by Andr-
Castaigne, 1899
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The battle of Arbela (Gaugamela) by
Charles Le Brun, published in this engraving circa 1730 by Dallenne |
The battle of the Granicus by Charles
Le Brun, published in this engraving circa 1730 by Dallenne |
Alexander encounters peacocks at an Indian temple
- early 20th
century card |
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The young Alexander
tames Bucephalus - early 20th century card |
Alexander marches his
army down the banks of the Indus - early 20th century card |
Frontispiece of the 1685
edition of Curtius by Samuel Pitiscus |
Statues of Alexander
with Bucephalus engraved by Johannes van den Avele, 1685 |
Engraving of the Azara
herm - a rare instance of an ancient portrait of Alexander that was
inscribed with his name - published 1889 |
A
Roman bust of Alexander found at Italica near Seville, published in
1889 |
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Alexander on Bucephalus drawn by
Victor Adam and printed in two-tone by Lemercier in Paris in 1859 |
Alexander's banquet at Samarkand (Maracanda)
in an illustration from 1890 drawn in a style imitating Attic
red-figure pottery |
Alexander's companions in an
illustration from 1890 drawn in a style imitating Attic red-figure
pottery |
Alexander's departure from Macedon
for Asia in an illustration from 1890 drawn in a style imitating
Attic red-figure pottery |
Alexander's mistress Barsine in an
illustration from 1890 drawn in a style imitating Attic red-figure
pottery |
The procession of Dionysus through
India as conceived by Alexander and his contemporaries in an
illustration from 1890 drawn in a style imitating Attic red-figure
pottery |
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The Capitoline bust of
Alexander-Helios from Rome in an antique photograph from 1890 |
The meeting of Alexander and Diogenes
at Corinth in an antique illustration from 1890 |
The Capitoline bust of
Alexander-Helios from Rome in an antique postcard from 1907 |
The first section of the
long battle scene on the side of the Alexander Sarcophagus from
Sidon redrawn and coloured (as it was originally) for a school
poster |
An Italian engraving of about 1700 depicting an ancient statue group
thought to represent Alexander and his steed Bucephalus |
A Hellenistic life-size head of Alexander
from Alexandria and now in the British Museum in a 19th
century lantern slide view
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A greater-than-lifesize head of Alexander
from Pergamon now in Instanbul in a 19th
century lantern slide view
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Antique photo of a statuette found in the ruins of Pompeii depicting
Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus.
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