The correspondence between Aristotle and Alexander the Great : an anonymous Greek novel in letters in Arabic translation

Author(s)

• Maróth, Miklós

Bibliographic Information

The correspondence between Aristotle and Alexander the Great : an anonymous Greek novel in letters in Arabic translation

Miklós Maróth

（Documenta et monographiæ, 5）

The Avicenna Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, 2006

Other Title

أحوال الحكماء في ايام الإسكندر

Note

Text of the epistolary novel translated into Arabic from Greek; introduction and comments on the text in English

In addition to the letters allegedly exchanged between Aristotle and Alexander the Great, the novel in letters contains four pseudo-Aristotelian works also known as independent treatises. These works are: Waṣiyyat Arisṭū (Aristotle's admonitions); Peri basileias; Risālat fī siyāsat al-mudun (Policy of governing the cities); Al-siyāsa al-'āmmiya (the original version of Sirr al-asrār, or Secretum secretorum); and De mundo -- Cf. p. 2-3 (English)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-106) and index

English and Arabic

• NCID: BD02165164
• ISBN:
  • 9789638635976
• LCCN: 2019453280
• Country Code: hu
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engara
• Place of Publication: Piliscsaba
• Pages/Volumes: 112, 149 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PA3894.E8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aristotle -- Spurious and doubtful works
  • LCSH : Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Spurious and doubtful works
  • LCSH : Imaginary letters
  • LCSH : Epistolary fiction, Greek -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Greek letters -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Greek letters -- Translations into Arabic
  • LCSH : Greek literature -- History and criticism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB18062847