A. I. Lyubzhin A man on a throne. On the beginnings of a might-have-been Alexander’s myth (pp. 619–623)

Author

A. I. Lyubzhin (Lomonosov Moscow State University)

Pages\n 619–623

Summary\n

The paper discusses the influence of Pliny the Younger's “Panegyric in Praise of Trajan” (Plin. Paneg. 2,4) on the works of G. R. Derzhavin, E. I. Kostrov and M. M. Kheraskov who considered the problem of retaining of human features by a rule to be an object of profound meditation.

Keywords\n

Alexander I, Pliny the Younger's “Panegyric in Praise of Trajan” in Russia, G. R. Derzhavin, E. I. Kostrov, M. M. Kheraskov

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