▁ ▁between ▁Hy rc ania ▁and ▁north west ▁India . ▁The ▁only ▁surv iving ▁manuscript ▁was ▁found ▁in ▁Met z , ▁from ▁which ▁the ▁text ' s ▁name ▁origin ates . ▁The ▁manuscript ▁was ▁destroyed ▁during ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War , ▁but ▁there ▁are ▁two ▁trans cri ptions ▁of ▁the ▁original . ▁The ▁Ep it ome ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁manuscript ▁as ▁the ▁so - called ▁Liber ▁de ▁Mor te ▁Alexand ri ▁Mag ni ▁Testament um que ▁( which ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁written ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁ep it om ator , ▁as ▁suggested ▁by ▁E . ▁Bay n ham ). ▁ ▁The ▁sources ▁of ▁the ▁anonymous ▁author ▁have ▁much ▁in ▁common ▁with ▁the ▁historian ▁Cle it arch us , ▁through ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁D iod orus ▁S icul us ▁and ▁Quint us ▁Cur ti us ▁R uf us . ▁Non - C le it arch an ▁elements ▁in ▁the ▁text ▁seem ▁to ▁reflect ▁a ▁certain ▁Heb ra ic ▁view ▁concerning ▁Alexander . ▁ ▁The ▁Ep it ome ▁pain ts ▁a ▁unique ▁portrait ▁of ▁Alexander ▁and ▁includes ▁some ▁information ▁not ▁found ▁elsewhere ▁but ▁in ▁view ▁of ▁its ▁late ▁author ship ▁and ▁the ▁few ▁additional ▁historical ▁fact ▁it ▁offers , ▁the ▁value ▁of ▁the ▁Met z ▁Ep it ome ▁lies ▁in ▁its ▁interpretation ▁of ▁Alexander ' s ▁career ▁rather ▁than ▁as ▁a ▁source ▁for ▁it . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : Alex ander ▁the ▁Great ▁Category : History ▁of ▁navigation ▁Category : Tra vel ▁books ▁Category : Ge ography ▁books ▁Category : R