Alexander the Great and the Alexander Tradition: Home

Do any of these images show the real Alexander the Great? (Details here: Image credits)

CLAS 0810A/ARCH 0801
A course with
John Cherry --> Who is this?
Joukowsky Family Professor of Archaeology, Professor of Classics, Professor of Anthropology
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Brown University

Meets: Mon-Wed-Fri 1:00-1:50 p.m. (F-hour)
Place: Rhode Island Hall, Room 108
Office: Rhode Island Hall, Room 105
Office Hours: Mondays 2-4 p.m. (and at other times by appointment)
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Telephone: 401-863-6412

This course focuses on a single historical figure, Alexander the Great, using him as a point of departure for exploring a wide range of problems and approaches that typify the field of Classical Studies. How knowledge of Alexander has been used (and abused) provides a fascinating case study in the formation and continuous reinterpretation of the western Classical tradition.