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Papers

"The Degradation of Alexander the Great's Motivational Tactics" by Nils Marthinsen (from Michael Arnush's course Alexander the Great). Good idea for a paper.

"Alexander's motivational tactics deteriorated over his career and led to the loss of control over his troops and subjects directly preceding his death. Whereas he once employed altruistic and genuine motivational tactics on his men early in his command, he gradually began using more sinister strategies on his kinsmen."

"The Enemies of Alexander the Great: The Importance of Alexander's Treatment of his Primary Antagonists throughout his Conquest" by Eric Fackler (from Michael Arnush's course Alexander the Great). Twenty-six pages. Covers Darius, Porus and the city of Thebes.

"An Ancient Coalition: The Composition of Alexander the Great's Army" by Micah Greenbaum (from Michael Arnush's course Alexander the Great).

"Modern Themes from Ancient Greatness: Alexander the Great in Fiction, Music and Film" by Eric Hanson (from Michael Arnush's course Alexander the Great). Cover's Iron Maiden, Mary Renault's Alexander trilogy, Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King and the movie of it. Includes a detailed breakdown of the Iron Maiden song.

"Alexander, Olympias and the Regicide of Philip II" by Tracy Laird (from Michael Arnush's course Alexander the Great).

"Alexander: A Legend in Images" by Naomi Ryan (from Michael Arnush's course Alexander the Great), almost entirely on Alexander's portraits in Antiquity.

"Alexander The Great: Who Did He Say He Was?" by Lynda Airriess. Student article. Poorly written.

Faisal Khalid's Biography, Hamdard University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Scholarly text but no bibliography; HTML Errors in the notes. [ semi-mirror ]

"Quintus Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri: The Question of Authorial Identity and Intent" by Jeffrey W Bussmann (from Michael Arnush's course Alexander the Great). Scholarly.

"Alexander the Great and his Officers" by Andrew Domozych (from Michael Arnush's course Alexander the Great). Twenty-seven pages.

"The Role of Alcohol in the Life of Alexander the Great" by Allison Weintraub (from Michael Arnush's course Alexander the Great). This is not a good paper, starting with an error[1] and substantially misrepresenting O'Brien's The Invisible Enemy.

"Alexander The Great: Who Did He Say He Was?" by Lynda Airriess. Student article. Poorly written.

"Hellenistic Syncretism: An Intention of Consequence of Alexander the Great" by Samantha Frank (from Michael Arnush's course Alexander the Great).

"Persia After the Death of Alexander and Its Resistance To Hellenistic World" by Maryam Hedayati (from David's site on the Ancient World)

Web Archive: "The Oracle at Siwa: Cult and Ritual" by Eric D. Moore (Tulane term paper). History of the oracle. The final section deals with Alexander's visit.

"Alexander's Grand Tactics at Guagamela (sic): Prudence or Foolishness?" by Anatoly Ostrovsky (from Michael Arnush's course Alexander the Great). Ouch on the "sic." Unfortunately, Ostrovsky caries the spelling error through.

"Alexander the Great and His Army" by Gerald L. Conroy (from David's Ancient World)

"Revisionism: The Historiographical Method of Peter Green" by Ed Tucker (from David's Ancient World)

"The Roman Alexanders" by an unknown author (from David's Ancient World)

Student projects

Slideshow report on the Divinity of Alexander by undergrad Sara Free, from William Murray's 2004 Age of Alexander course. For "Did Alexander really believe himself to be a god?" I'm not satisfied by "I'm not satisfied by "Ultimately, we just don't know."

Slideshow report on the Alexander Romance by undergrads Rebekah Genung and Melissa Disckinson, from William Murray's 2004 Age of Alexander course.

1996 page by college students Jed Untereker, James Kossuth and Bill Kelsey at Williams College. Not updated since 1996. Some errors, naivete.

June Chung's Alexander project. Chung drew on Ellis Knox's web biography (good, but basic), Bose's Alexander-in-business book (an odd choice) and Robinson's 1957 essay "The Extraordinary Ideas of Alexander the Great." This odd mixture produces odd results.

"The Life of Alexander the Great" by G. Dekayie and J. Schaper, high-schoolers at Rich East High School, Park Forest, Illinois.

High-schooler Graham Tucker, Charlotte Country Day School, Charlotte, NC.

Alexander the Great History Project by three high school students (Hackney, Eifealdt and Tilsen). Now with snazzy frames format and huge amounts of text, including articles on each of Alexander's battles and a glossary.

Brownie's Life of Alexander the Great. Large student site. Some, but not all, of the links go off to other sites (I hate that!). Nevertheless, some good stuff.

Life of Alexander the Great by A. Cox, another from Rich East High School, Park Forest, Illinois.