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PREFACE.<br />

The object of this work is to present to<br />

students and lovers of the legendary history of<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> the Great the various histories of this<br />

marvellous man which are extant in the Ethiopia<br />

language, together with English translations of the<br />

same and some necessary notes.<br />

Speaking generally, the collection of texts here<br />

printed for the first time consists of the Ethiopia<br />

version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes; the Ethiopia<br />

versions of the Arabic histories of <strong>Alexander</strong> by<br />

Al-Makin and Abu Shaker; the Ethiopia version<br />

of the Hebrew history of <strong>Alexander</strong> by Joseph<br />

ben-Gorion; a short account of <strong>Alexander</strong>'s death<br />

and of the utterances of the sages thereon; the<br />

"Christian Romance", which is probably an original<br />

Ethiopian work; and an account of the Vision of<br />

Abba Gerasimus. The arrangement of the histories<br />

in this book represents, I believe, the order in<br />

which they were translated or compiled.<br />

With one exception, i. e., the "Christian Ro-

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