Alexander the Great : an account of his life and exploits from Ethiopic sources and other writing / W.Y. Evans-Wentz ; [edited by E.A. Wallis Budge].

Includes index.

Reprint of volume 2 (English translation) of The life and exploits of Alexander the Great. London : C.J. Clay, 1896. Vol. 1 of original contained the Ethiopic texts.

The Ethiopic manuscripts containing histories of Alexander -- The origin and travels of the Alexander story -- The Ethiopic version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes -- The history of Alexander by Al-Makîn -- The history of Alexander by Abû Shâkar -- The history of Alexander by Joseph Ben-Gorion -- An anonymous history of the death of Alexander -- A Christian romance of Alexander the Great -- The history of the blessed men who lived in the days of Jeremiah the prophet -- Appendix. The prophecy of Daniel concerning Alexander's kingdom. The Ethiopic version of I Maccabees 1.1-6. Extract from the chronicle of John Mudabbar.

Written by one of the most remarkable and erudite scholars of the early twentieth century, a man who has not an equal today, this book gives a unique and authoritive picture of one of the greatest men in history. The object of this work, which it admirally achieves, is to present to lovers of legend and history about Alexander translations of all Ethiopic accounts of that man in English and to add to this all necessary commentary.