Whether fighting with winged demons, meeting the Amazons, descending to the Underworld, or inventing the world's first diving bell, Alexander inspired people as a hero, even as a god.

This edition from Yale University represents the most significant contribution in recent decades regarding Alexander the Great. For the first time, hundreds of the adventurous legends about Alexander the Great, shaped by people in their national narratives, are gathered in one volume by the world's leading authority, historian Richard Stoneman.

In the rest of the literature on the same subject, the narrative concludes with the death of Alexander the Great. Here, his death is merely the starting point. The story of Alexander begins in 356 B.C. and culminates, weaving through the global reconstruction of his legends, into Karagiozis, Umberto Eco's Baudolino, and the dispute with Skopje over the Hellenicity of Macedonia!

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]