Abstract
This is the first of a two-part study of the pharaonic titulary of Alexander the Great. Analysing all available contemporaneous documentation, including onomastic data newly published, the king's names are presented, with particular attention to variants. The parallels and symbolic meaning of each name are discussed, as are the legitimating strategies that lay behind their selection. The present paper deals with the first four names of the royal protocol.
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