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TASTWK06 - Alexander the Great as God King
Alexander the Great, is arguably one of the most iconic figures to emerge from classical antiquity. The scale of his accomplishments and his untimely death at 32 ensured that his legend would live to the present day. But how active was Alexander in creating this legend? Countless images of Alexander survive on coins, busts, and statuary, each one representing the king with curved ram’s horns peeking through his tousled, mane-like hair. In this class, we ask why Alexander chose to depict himself this way, and how it benefited the king, but also created dissent in his army.
With research interests in the power-relations and competing elites of the ancient world, Aideen Carty has a PhD in Classics from UCD. Her published works include the book Polycrates, Tyrant of Samos (2015), and, most recently, her contribution on the topic of international arbitration in Archaic Greece was published in Peace and Reconciliation in the Classical World, edited by E.P. Moloney and M.S. Williams (2017). She has won awards such as a doctoral scholarship from the Irish Research Council, and a post-doctoral fellowship at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, cofunded by the EU's Marie Curie programme and the German Excellence Initiative. Trained in task-based learning and communicative methods of teaching, Aideen guarantees a lively and stimulating class. Participants are kept busy and engaged, with material that is carefully tailored to their level of experience.
Tuesday 22nd August 2017, 2:00pm - 2:50pm.