Assignment:
Read the article: Alexander the Great’s relationship with alcohol by J. A. Liappas, J. Lascaratos , S. Fafouti & G. N. Christodoulou
Review the questions below.
Write a 3 page (minimum) paper:normal margins, typed, double-spaced, 12-point font, well edited. Make sure to focus on addressing the questions below in a well organized and easy to follow format. Avoid lengthy quotations from the reading. You should provide two full pages of original analysis, rather than simply copying and pasting large sections from the reading into your paper. Some small in text quotations are acceptable but avoid lengthy block quotations.
Any case of plagiarism will result in a zero for the assignment. It is your responsibility to make sure you understand the meaning of plagiarism and that you do not try to pass off someone else's work as your own. Make sure to draw all your information from the assigned readings for each paper assignment.
Historians have long argued that Alexander the Great exhibited signs of alcoholism, which impacted his otherwise solid and productive leadership and may have contributed to his early death. Yet the authors of the article "Alexander the Great's Relationship with Alcohol," argue (based on modern medical criteria) that Alexander did not exhibit the signs associated with alcohol dependency or abuse.
Questions to address in your essay
Why don't the authors believe Alexander showed signs of alcohol dependency of abuse?
What are the authors' key arguments?
What might one discern from the article about the social role of alcohol in ancient Greek/Macedonian society?
How widespread was the use of alcohol and what were its social uses?