The Alexander Romance depicts Alexander going alone to the court of Darius disguised as his own messenger, dining with the Persians and advancing his own reputation as a munificent king. This episode substitutes a fictional scene for a number of dramatic banqueting incidents in the historical record that cast Alexander in a negative light, specifically, the burning of Persepolis, the proskynesis affair, and the wedding at Susa, which are all banqueting scenes concerned with Alexander’s generosity, reputation, and relations with the Persians. It is also an opportunity for intertextual allusion, especially to Homer and Herodotus. It is, further, only one of many occasions in the Romance when Alexander is said to go alone to visit his enemies in disguise; these episodes integrate the composition and evince a concern with the treatment of ambassadors. It is finally one of the only instances of the explicit characterization of Alexander in the Romance.

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亚历山大大帝，伪装的晚餐客人

亚历山大罗曼史描绘了亚历山大独自前往大流士宫廷，伪装成自己的使者，与波斯人共进晚餐，并提升自己作为慷慨国王的声誉。这一集用虚构的场景代替了历史记载中许多对亚历山大不利的戏剧性宴会事件，特别是波斯波利斯的焚烧、普罗斯基尼西斯事件和苏萨的婚礼，这些都是与亚历山大的宴会有关的场景。慷慨，声誉以及与波斯人的关系。这也是互文典故的机会，尤其是荷马和希罗多德。此外，据说这只是罗曼史中许多场合之一，据说亚历山大独自前往伪装的敌人探望。这些情节整合了构成，并表达了对大使待遇的关注。