Alexanders saga is an Old Norse translation of Alexandreis, an epic Latin poem about the life of Alexander the Great written by Walter of Châtillon, which was itself based on Quintus Curtius Rufus's Historia Alexandri Magni.
[1][2] Kirsten Wolf has commented on the saga's literary qualities thus: "Alexanders saga [...] has stirred the admiration of scholars and writers for centuries because of its exceptionally imaginative use of the resources of language and its engaging narrative style.
[1][4] The main manuscript source of the text is AM 519a 4to, dating from 1270-1290.
[5] A fragment of the saga appears in AM 655 XXIX 4to which dates from the same period.
24 the text is shorter than AM 519a 4to and also contain a translation of Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem.