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Alexander 3

 

Title plate of The Distinguished Deeds of Alexander the Great by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, printed from copper plates, 1608Alexander decides to use his sword to cut the Gordian knot in plate 2 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608The troops beg Alexander to allow them to return home from India in plate 3 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608A battle of Alexander against the Persians in plate 4 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608Alexander encourages his troops to stand fast in a battle against the Persians in plate 5 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608Persian cavalrymen turn their steeds in flight in a battle against Alexander in plate 6 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608
A Macedonian assault during the siege of Tyre in plate 7 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608Alexander assaults a mountain fastness (Aornus?) via a secret route in plate 8 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608Alexander celebrates the surrender of the Indian city of Nysa with a triumphal procession in plate 9 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608Alexander drapes the corpse of Darius with his cloak in plate 10 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608Alexander’s lion hunt in the game park of Bazaira in plate 11 of 11 by Antonio Tempesta of Florence, 1608Alexander kills a lion, perhaps in the Persian game park at Bazaira (1880)
     
The entry of Alexander into Babylon after the 17th century painting by Charles Le Brun (late 17th or early 18th century)     

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