I'm reminded of

    That day their Haniball died, our Scipio fell,
    Scipio, Cicero, and Petrarch of our time,
    Whose vertues wounded by my woorthles rime,
    Let Angels speake, and heauens thy praises tell.

q.v. in http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/phoenix.html

What would happen if we searched "Alexander" globally across EEBO?

R. Bear

Jean Feerick wrote:

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A colleague of mine has come across a reference by Anne Bradstreet to Sidney
which compares him to "Alexander the Great"; he was wondering if this
comparison is common for Sidney and where he might turn for further insight
on how Alexander is invoked in the early modern period.  Quick to my mind is
Fluellen's analogy of Henry V to Alexander the "Pig," but I'm wondering if
there are critical works on this topic that he should not overlook.

I'm grateful for any suggestions.

Best, Jean Feerick

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