The Life and Exploits of Alexander the Great: Being a Series of Ethiopic Texts Edited ... with an English Translation and Notes by E.A. Wallis Budge

Published in 1896 by Cambridge University Press, this work stands as a cornerstone of E.A. Wallis Budge’s scholarly career during his long tenure at the British Museum. The volume was created to provide Western scholars with access to the Alexander Romance, a sprawling collection of legends concerning the life and conquests of Alexander the Great. Budge, an Egyptologist and philologist, compiled these Ethiopic texts from various manuscripts to illustrate how the Alexander legend had been adapted and integrated into the literary traditions of Christian Ethiopia.

Budge designed the work as an exhaustive academic reference, pairing his original transcriptions with a comprehensive English translation and extensive critical apparatus. The presentation reflects the Victorian-era scholarly tradition of treating such foundational texts with meticulous textual criticism. Upon its release, it was received as a significant contribution to Oriental studies, praised for making complex Ge'ez manuscripts accessible to a broader linguistic audience, though modern scholars sometimes critique Budge for the interpretive biases present in his historical commentaries.