![]() | Alexander Histories and Iranian Reflections Subjects: Sublime The in literature.; Sublime The.; Grotesque in literature.; Postmodernism (Literature); Mind and body.; Human body (Philosophy); Human body in literature.; Subjectivity in literature.; Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature.; Experience in literature.; Experience in literature.; Grotesque in literature.; Human body in literature.; Human body (Philosophy); Mind and body.; Postmodernism (Literature); Subjectivity in literature.; Sublime The.; Sublime The in literature.; Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature.; Alexander the Great's military campaign to conquer the Achaemenid empire included a propaganda campaign to convince the Iranians his kingship was compatible with their religious and cultural norms. This campaign proved so successful that the overt display of Alexander's Iranian and Zoroastrian preferences alienated some of his Greek and Macedonian allies. Parivash Jamzadeh shows how this original propaganda material displayed multiple layers of Iranian influences. Additionally she demonstrates that the studied sources do not always offer an accurate account of the contemporary Iranian customs, and occasionally included historical inaccuracies. One of the most interesting finds in this study is the confusion of historical sources that arose between the opponents Darius III and Alexander. Jamzadeh argues that the Iranian propaganda regarding Alexander the Great has contributed to this confusion. |
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