Roman d'Alexandre en prose
ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND EXPLOITS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Prose Alexander-Romance; Prose Alexander Romance; Prose Alexander romance; Old French Prose Alexandre
The Roman d'Alexandre en prose (Prose Alexander-Romance) is one of many medieval "Alexander romances" relating the adventures of Alexander the Great, which were by then greatly elaborated with fantastical additions to the historical accounts. Alexander was one of the medieval "Nine Worthies," and his journeys eastward—and most especially the strange and exotic people and animals he encountered there—were treated in a number of different texts in a variety of genres.