Hopefully I haven't missed any prior postings noting the frequent
deployment of figurations of Prince Henry as Alexander the Great in the
dedicatory and memorial literature for the prince -- all the more useful in
the present context for the similar comparisons associating Prince Henry
and Sidney.
The easiest access to the Alexander references is via the index to J. W.
Williamson, _The Myth of the Conqueror_. (The best study overall -- but
lacking an index -- is Tim Wilks, _ The Court Culture of Prince Henry and
his Circle, 1603-1613_ (D.Phil. diss., University of Oxford, 1988) --
currently under revision for publication.)
-John Buchtel
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