The play "Campaspe" by John Lyly. The translation and commentary

We are beginning to publish the Russian version of «Campaspe» («A moste exellent Comedie of Alexander, Campaspe, and Diogenes, Played before the Queenes Maiestie on twelfe day at night by her Maiesties children, and the children of Poules». First print.1584) by John Lyly (?1554-1606) and the commentary by its translator and researcher. The article about it was published in the preceding issue of Perm University Herald. Russian and Foreign Philology. Alexander the Great falling in love with his beautiful Theban captive, Campaspe, gives her freedom, and, disregarding the dissuasion of his confidant Hephaestion, engages Apelles to paint her portrait. This plot is adopted from Pliny the Elder, Plutarch and Bandello.