Leo, Archipresbyter, active 10th century

Contents The text is a version of the Historia de preliis ('History of the wars'). This was the traslation of the Greek collection of myths and legends connected with the figure of Alexander the Great known as Pseudo-Callisthenes and originally brought from Constantinople to Naples by the Italian priest and scholar Leo Archipresbyter. Leo was active in Naples between c. 941 and c. 968, under the Dukes John II and Marinus II. His translation became very famous...