Alexander the Great. Pompey the Great. Catharine the Great. 
 
For nearly all of recorded human history, people have been called “great.” But what does it mean to be great? To be called “great?” 
In this introduction, we set up the series and frame out its exploration of these people, and what they did - or didn't do - to be called "great."

Alexander the Great. Pompey the Great. Catharine the Great. For nearly all of recorded human history, people have been called “great.” But what does it mean to be great? To be called “great?” In this introduction, we set up the series and frame out its exploration of these people, and what they did - or didn't do - to be called "great."

Alexander the Great. Pompey the Great. Catharine the Great. 
 
For nearly all of recorded human history, people have been called “great.” But what does it mean to be great? To be called “great?”&nbsp;
In this introduction, we set up the series and frame out its exploration of these people, and what they did - or didn't do - to be called "great."

The "Greats" of History: Introduction

A weekly series about people who have been called “The Great,” where we try to get past the honorific and understand who they were, what they did, and why some people seem to like them so much.

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