[Gulliver and the Governor of Glubbdubdrib look over a scene of the victory of Alexander the Great] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver and the Governor of Glubbdubdrib look over a scene of the victory of Alexander the Great]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see Gulliver and the Governor of Glubbbdubdrub, who was a necromancer. The two men stand on a balcony and the Governer 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, Plutartch’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 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21065
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
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Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.; Magic; ghosts; Resurrection in literature; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures

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