Alexander the Great in the Quran called them the Caspian Gates. Twenty and two Kings did I shut up therein. These pseudepigraphic letters from Alexander to his mother Olympias and his tutor Aristotle, describing his marvellous adventures at the end of the World, date back to the original Greek recension α written in the 4th century in Alexandria. The letters are "the literary expression of a living popular tradition" that had been evolving for at least three centuries before the Quran was written. Several historical figures, both Muslim and Christian, searched for Alexander's Gate and several different identifications were made with actual walls. During the Middle
Alexander the Great (1980 film) specific historical mission. He compares it to the cult of personality of Jim Jones in Jonestown. Karalis adds that Angelopoulos reflected folk painting and "the spatial arrangement of Byzantine iconography," noting the prevalence of slow movement, off-camera action, and the use of earthy colors. Alexander the Great (1980 film) Alexander the Great () is a 1980 Greek film directed by Theo Angelopoulos. The film is based on the Dilesi Massacre of 1870 during which several bandits kidnapped British tourists and demanded a ransom. The film opens with a character named Alexander the Great who is the leader of the bandits