Abstract
This chapter treats a series of fictional letters between Alexander the Great and the Persian king Darius, preserved partly in the Alexander Romance and partly on papyrus. It argues not (as Merkelbach thought) that there was once a complete, integrated epistolary novel, but that there was a fluid body of this material in circulation. Nevertheless, the letters are sophisticated and creative examples of popular literature.
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