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Hi Susan,Is that the Itinerary that was translated and printed in AHB a couple of years ago? (Trans. by Iolo Davies, I believe). I, too, got a copy of that, shortly before AHB realised that they weren't getting any money from people like me who were printing off all their articles! :-)I'd say your description as a 'bridge' is spot on - pretty accurate in many ways, but with quite a few 'Romance-y' bits thrown in for good measure!MarcusPS: Glad you found the English Justin!

Karl,You are quite right, of course. I suspect the teacher meant these sources, though. Without wanting to pour scorn on the teaching profession as a whole, I have come across *many* people who don't know the difference between primary and secondary sources - many think that if a source is 'ancient', or written in Latin or Greek, it is a primary source.All the bestMarcus

Yes, it is the Iolo Davies version. I'm always surprised that so little account is taken of this version, because there's quite a lot of information in it - for instance a detailed personal description - Alexander with 'somewhat shrivelled' limbs, knotted muscles and a pointed beard. I don't know that it can necessarily be discounted because it's like the Romance - the argument seems rather circular : "It has different details from Arrian, Diodorus etc., therefore it must be the Romance and therefore it's not worth considering" seems rather weak.Susan

Suzanne's daughter will have to enlighten them, then, won't she? That's the best thing a person can learn anyway: don't take anyone's word for it, find out for yourself and make up your own mind.
PS. I don't seem to be able to log on anymore.

You are right of course, and I was going to mention that in my post but did not want to complicate matters. I pressumed the teacher who asked for 5 primary sources has no idea.

Hello Susan,Here is a big thank you for posting that gold mine of a link on Justin's work. THANK YOU!Regards and best wishes to you.