"The adventure of Alexander the Great in India. From reality to myth" a talk by Juan Pablo Sánchez at Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP) > 6:30pm on 29th April 2015

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 29-04-2015 18:30:00 29-04-2015 20:00:00 68 "The adventure of Alexander the Great in India. From reality to myth" a talk by Juan Pablo Sánchez Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/04/the-adventure-of-alexander-great-in.html Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi - 110001 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi - 110001
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Event Description : "The adventure of Alexander the Great in India. From reality to myth" a talk by Juan Pablo Sánchez.
Synopsis: After inheriting the small kingdom of Macedonia in northern Greece in 336 BC, Alexander the Great led his army against the powerful and vast Persian Empire, culminating his adventure at the banks of the Indus River. Until then, which contact had had the Greeks with the Indians?, what did they knew about its geography and customs? India, on the eastern edge of the known world, was conceived as a lush land, full of great people and amazing beasts. Such prejudices remain rooted in the Greek imagination and serve to magnify the legend of Alexander the Great in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, in works like Alejandríada of Walter of Châtillon or the book of Alexandre.

Language : Spanish with simultaneous English translation.

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