Recensio α (Historia Alexandri Magni)
Version of Βιος Αλεξανδρου του Μακεδονος (Βίος Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Μακεδόνος)
Oldest surviving recension (cod. Parisinus gr. 1711), translated into Latin by Julius Valerius and into Armenian; book 3 narrates the war with Porus, the dialogue with the naked Brahmans, Alexander's letter to Aristotle on the marvels of India, and the talking trees of Sun and Moon.
- Language
- Ancient Greek
- Date
- 250–330 CE
- Author
- Ψευδο-Καλλισθένης
- Text
- not yet digitised (catalogue entry)