In this new edition of All Alexander's Women (enlarged edition 2025), Robbert Bosschart further develops the role of women in Alexander's life, including their place as equals to men.
It is fascinating to follow the author as he digs ever deeper into the many oriental sources that are not commonly shared in our Western literature. Besides the Darab-Nama, and the Sikandar-Nama, the Persian versions of the Alexander Romance, he discusses the Liber de Morte, Alexander’s fictional last will, and his role as prophet in the Koran. The Persian viewpoint is unique and worth further investigation, an ongoing process - as it turns out.
Hence Bosschart’s updated and enlarged edition, which is richly illustrated with many rare and very telling pictures.
The content of his book has been discussed in my earlier blogpost of May 2018 when I commented on his 3rd edition. The matter of Equality of women and men in ancient Persia has been developed in my recent post with the eponymous title.
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