Alexander the Great in the Quran into Arabic. The Greek work "Thesaurus Alexandri" was attributed to Hermes (the great messenger of the gods in Greek mythology) and similarly contained supposed letters from Aristotle addressed to Alexander. A more direct Arabic translation of the "Alexander romance," called "Sirat Al-Iskandar", was discovered in Constantinople, at the Hagia Sophia, and is dated to the 13th century. This version includes the letter from Alexander to his mother about his travels in India and at the end of the World. It also includes features which occur exclusively in the Syriac version. The Arabic legend also retains certain pagan elements of the
The Garden of the Gods Jeejeebuoy, and Count Rossignol. "The Garden of the Gods" was first published in 1978 by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, and simultaneously in the United States as "Fauna and Family" by Simon and Schuster (). The Garden of the Gods The Garden of the Gods (American title: "Fauna and Family") (1978) by British naturalist and author Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) is the third book in his autobiographical "Corfu trilogy," following "My Family and Other Animals" and "Birds, Beasts, and Relatives". This book is a humorous description of events that took place on the Greek island of Corfu between the years