Alexander, son of Numenius, Greekrhetorician, flourished in the first half of the 2nd century. In addition to general treatises on rhetoric, he wrote a special work, Peri ton tes dianoias kai tes lexeos schematon, of which only an abridgment is extant; later epitomes were made in Latin by Aquila Romanus and Julius Rufinianus under the title De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis. Another epitome was made in the 4th century by a Christian for use in Christian schools, containing additional examples from Gregory Nazianzus.
Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and of Epirote princess Olympias.
In 332 BC-331 BC Alexander was welcomed as a liberator in Egypt and was pronounced the son of Zeus by Egyptian priests of the god Ammon at the Oracle of the god at the Siwa Oasis in the Libyan desert.
Alexander was often identified in Persian and Arabic-language sources as Dhul-Qarnayn, Arabic for the "Two-Horned One", possibly a reference to the appearance of a horn-headed figure that appears on coins minted during his rule and later imitated in ancient Middle Eastern coinage.
Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia), memorable as the most characteristic incarnation of the secular spirit of the papacy of the 15th century, was born at Xativa in Valencia, 1st January 1431.
The retreat of the French left Alexander at liberty to pursue what must have been the main object of any pope of intelligence and spirit in his place-the extirpation of the petty feudal vassals of the church, and the establishment of the temporal independence of the papacy.
Alexander has become a myth, and his "acts" are in some respects almost as legendary as those of the primitive saints and martyrs.
Feeds |
Contact