[The Governor of Glubbdubdrib shows Gulliver a scene of the victory of Alexander the Great] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Governor of Glubbdubdrib shows Gulliver a scene of the victory of Alexander the Great]
Subject: Magic; Alexander the Great; Ghosts; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Glubbdubdrib; England
Description: Here we see Gulliver and the Governor of Glubbdubdrib, who was a necromancer. The two men stand on a balcony and the Governor asked Gulliver what he wanted to see. Gulliver responded that he wished to see Alexander the Great after the battle of Arbela. Alexander appeared in the field under the balcony and called up to Gulliver, speaking Greek. Alexander said that he died of fever from excessive drinking, not by poisoning. Alexander the Great was a Macedonian King from 336-323 BCE. Alexander conquered Greece and Egypt and at the battle of Arbela he defeated Darius III, the King of Persia, in 331 BCE. Rumors at the time of his death said that he had been poisoned, however, Plutarch’s Lives, said that he died of fever, which Alexander corroborates, as this is a more honourable death than dying by poison. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21742
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
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Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Magic; Alexander the Great; Ghosts; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures

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