Masculine ideals and Alexander the Great [electronic resource] : an exemplary man in the Roman and medieval world / Jaakkojuhani Peltonen.

"From premodern societies onward, humans have constructed and produced images of ideal masculinity to define the roles available for boys to grow into, and images for adult men to imitate. The figure of Alexander the Great has fascinated people both within and outside academia. As a historical chara...

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