Olympias: mother of Alexander the Great
Modern conventional wisdom knows Olympias as a pitiless and savage woman, a practitioner of barbaric Dionysiac rites compelled by jealousy and ruthless ambition to the murder of her rivals in order to secure her son's succession to the throne of Macedon. In this way she is credited for Alexande...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Modern conventional wisdom knows Olympias as a pitiless and savage woman, a practitioner of barbaric Dionysiac rites compelled by jealousy and ruthless ambition to the murder of her rivals in order to secure her son's succession to the throne of Macedon. In this way she is credited for Alexander the Great's unprecedented achievements--yet the scale of her son's epic story has obscured her own. Such critical accounts of Olympias' actions have made unforgiving and often unfounded judgments of her motivations. This myth, however, originates from later ancient writers, to which her strength and tenacity represented an abhorrent contradiction to contemporary gender roles. Later historians have all too often perpetuated this ancient sexual stererotyping by failing to question these sources. In this, the first modern biography of Olympias, Elizabeth Carney penetrates the myth, fiction and sexual politics to reveal a fascinating and wholly misunderstood figure. Through a close and critical assessment of the sources, Olympias is humanized as she is placed in the context of her own brutal political world. This book will be the definitive guide to the life of the first woman to play a major role in Greek political history as well as a compelling read for students, scholars and anyone with an interest in Greek, Classical or women's history. |
| Beschreibung: | XVI, 221 S. Ill. |
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| adam_text | Contents
Preface
ix
Significant events
xi
The Aeacid dynasty
xiii
The Argead dynasty
xiv
List of abbreviations
xv
Introduction
1
1
Olympias
the Molossian
5
2
Olympias,
wife of Philip II
19
3
Olympias,
mother of the king, Alexander the Great
42
4
Olympias
on her own,
323-316 60
5
Olympias
and religion
88
6
Olympias
afterlife
104
Appendix:
Olympias
and the sources
125
List of terms
138
Notes
140
Bibliography
197
Index
213
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Contents
Preface
ix
Significant events
xi
The Aeacid dynasty
xiii
The Argead dynasty
xiv
List of abbreviations
xv
Introduction
1
1
Olympias
the Molossian
5
2
Olympias,
wife of Philip II
19
3
Olympias,
mother of the king, Alexander the Great
42
4
Olympias
on her own,
323-316 60
5
Olympias
and religion
88
6
Olympias'
afterlife
104
Appendix:
Olympias
and the sources
125
List of terms
138
Notes
140
Bibliography
197
Index
213 |
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