[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Greek](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr) › [Late Antique (330–640)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late) › Βιος Αλεξανδρου του Μακεδονος # Βιος Αλεξανδρου του Μακεδονος (Βίος Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Μακεδόνος) The Greek Alexander Romance (Pseudo-Callisthenes) The fictional life of Alexander transmitted under the name of Callisthenes, source of the Latin, Syriac, Armenian, Ethiopic, Persian and medieval vernacular romances; its third book takes Alexander to Porus, the Brahmans and the marvels of India. - **Language:** Ancient Greek - **Date:** 250–330 CE - **Author:** [Ψευδο-Καλλισθένης](https://indike.org/pramana/person/pseudo-callisthenes) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Recensions and editions (4) - [Recensio α (Historia Alexandri Magni)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.alexander-romance*alpha) — Ψευδο-Καλλισθένης, Ancient Greek, not yet digitised - [Recensio β](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.alexander-romance*beta) — Ψευδο-Καλλισθένης, Ancient Greek, not yet digitised - [Recensio γ](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.alexander-romance*gamma) — Ψευδο-Καλλισθένης, Ancient Greek, not yet digitised - [Recensio ε](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.alexander-romance*epsilon) — Ψευδο-Καλλισθένης, Ancient Greek, not yet digitised ## Texts within (2) - [P.Mich. XVIII 761](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.alexander-romance.alexander-letter) — Ancient Greek; 100 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Περι των της Ινδιας εθνων και των Βραγμανων (Περὶ τῶν τῆς Ἰνδίας ἐθνῶν καὶ τῶν Βραγμάνων)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.alexander-romance.palladius) — Ancient Greek; 400–420 CE; Παλλάδιος; catalogued, text not yet digitised ## Contains - [P.Mich. XVIII 761](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eg.roman.literary.alexander-letter) - [Περὶ τῶν τῆς Ἰνδίας ἐθνῶν καὶ τῶν Βραγμάνων](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.palladius) ## Versions and retellings - [Διήγησις τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου (ἔμμετρος)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.byzantine.alexander-romance-verse) - [ዜና እስክንድር](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.gez.zena-eskender) - [ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܘܣ](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.syr.alexander-romance) ## Translates - [Res gestae Alexandri Macedonis](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.late.alexander.julius-valerius) - [Historia de preliis Alexandri Magni (Nativitas et victoria Alexandri Magni)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.alexander.historia-de-preliis) - [Պատմութիւն Աղեքսանդրի Մակեդոնացւոյ](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.hy.alexander-romance) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.alexander-romance](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.alexander-romance) · Pramāṇa