Since 1995 · Archive edition
1st Muse
Classic history and fine arts. An illustrated project on the life of Alexander the Great, the Telephos frieze of the Pergamon Altar and an album of ancient portraits, first published on this site between 1996 and 2006.
Alexander the Great
From history to eternity: an illustrated synopsis in two parts and twenty-three readings from Plutarch and other ancient sources.
The Pergamon Altar
The Telephos frieze shown at Palazzo Ruspoli in Rome in 1996-97, the interactive catalogue on CD-ROM and the exhibition credits.
Portraits of Alexander
An album of ancient portraits of Alexander in museums from Istanbul and Paris to London, Munich and Rome.
About 1st Muse
1st Muse began in 1995 as the web studio of John J. Popovic in Rome, with the motto "web services powered by art". Its lasting work was a set of multimedia projects on the ancient world, made alongside CD-ROMs for exhibitions at Fondazione Memmo.
This archive edition keeps those pages: the same chapters, the same text and the same order, now in a design that is easier to read on a phone or a large screen.
The readings
- The Origins of Macedonia
- Alexander's Origins, Plutarch
- The Macedonian Dynasty of the Argeadi
- Alexander's Origin and Controversies According to Various Traditions
- Bucephalus, Plutarch
- Aristotle and Alexander, Plutarch
- The Quarrel at Philip's Wedding, Plutarch
- Reconciliation, Plutarch
- Philip's Assassination, Plutarch
- Invincible, Plutarch
- Timoclea, Plutarch
- Diogenes, Plutarch
- The Battle of the Granicus, Plutarch
- The Gordian Knot, Plutarch
- The Battle of Issus, Plutarch
- Alexander's Generosity, Plutarch
- The Siege of Tyre, Plutarch
- Alexander Visits the Oracle of Ammon
- Alexander in Egypt, Plutarch
- The Death of Darius, Plutarch
- King Taxiles
- Alexander's Death, Plutarch
- Alexander's Testament, Q. C. Rufus