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SUMMARY:The Persian and Afghan Romance of Alexander the Great: Part II, the Seeker
DESCRIPTION:<p>CMES and ACANSRS present</p><p><strong>Michael Barry</strong><br>Lecturer, Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University<!--break--></p><p><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="0a421f62-00e0-49df-9a97-f34f1f9f6178" data-align="right" alt="Alexander the Seeker" data-view-mode="hwp_small"></drupal-media>Brilliantly reflected in the medieval Persian-language epic poetry of Firdawsî and Nizâmî - illustrated by the finest miniaturists throughout the lands that are today Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and India - Alexander's encounters with different civilizations from the Nile to the Indus resulted in his mythological metamorphosis into a son of Egypt's last Pharaoh, into a worshiper of the True God in Jerusalem's Temple, into a thunder-wielding guardian of the Buddha, into the builder of an enchanted rampart in Syriac Christianity and in the Koran, and most especially into a new manifestation of the Mesopotamian hero Gilgamesh: whose spiritual initiation as far as magic horizons, and life’s limit, tragically stops at the threshold of death, barring him from attaining the Fountain of Immortality.</p><p>(Dr. Barry will deliver Part I: <em>The Persian and Afghan Romance of Alexander the Great : Part I, the Conqueror</em>, at Boston University, on Monday, March 21, 6-7:30 pm, Boston University Trustees Ballroom, 1 Silber Way, 9th floor, Boston, MA. Click <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-persian-and-afghan-romance-of-alexander-the-great-part-i-the-conqueror-tickets-21822345222" data-url="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-persian-and-afghan-romance-of-alexander-the-great-part-i-the-conqueror-tickets-21822345222">here</a> for full information.)</p><p><strong>Co-sponsor:</strong> <a href="http://acansrs.org/" data-url="http://acansrs.org/">Association for Central Asian Civilizations and Silk Road Studies</a><br><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu">Liz Flanagan</a></p><p></p><p><a style="height: 20px; width: 40px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; background-color: transparent; background-image: url('data:image/png;base64,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');" href="internal:/www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/"></a></p>
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