Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem

The last page of the Wonders of the East (left) and the first page of the Old English Epistola (right), from the Nowell Codex
Latin Epistola (12th-century manuscript)
Arabic Epistola (16th-century manuscript)

The Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem ("Letter of Alexander to Aristotle") is a purported letter from Alexander the Great to the philosopher Aristotle concerning his adventures in India. Although accepted for centuries as genuine, it is today regarded as apocryphal.[1] It is the primary source for most of the tales of the marvellous and fabulous found in later Alexander traditions.[2]

  1. ^ Doufikar-Aerts 2010, p. 91.
  2. ^ Stoneman 2011, p. 14.