Julius Valerius' Account of the Birth of Alexander: Text and Translation.

Author/Editor
DeAngeli, Edna S

Title
Julius Valerius' Account of the Birth of Alexander: Text and Translation.

Published
DeAngeli, Edna S. "Julius Valerius' Account of the Birth of Alexander: Text and Translation." In John Gower's Literary Transformations in the Confessio Amantis: Original Articles and Translations. Ed. Beidler, Peter G. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1982, pp. 119-41. ISBN 0819125962

Review
This facing-page translation (Latin and English prose) of Julius Valerius' account of Alexander's birth from "Res Gestae Alexandri Macedonis," one of the likely sources of Gower's Tale of Nectanabus in CA 6.1789-2366, includes a brief introduction. [MA]

Date
1982

Gower Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Confessio Amantis