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Women and Monarchy in Macedonia

Women and Monarchy in Macedonia

Carney, Elizabeth Donnelly

Hardcover

Series: Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture

Ancient GreeceGeneral European HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0806132124
ISBN13: 9780806132129
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: May 15 2000
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.52
Height: 1.12 Width: 6.37 Depth: 9.38
Language: English

In this groundbreaking work, Elizabeth Donnelly Carney examines the role of royal women in the Macedonian Argead dynasty from the sixth century B.C. to 168 B.C. Women were excluded from the exercise of power in most of the Hellenic world. However, Carney shows that the wives, mothers, and daughters of kings played important roles in Macedonian public life and occasionally determined the course of national events. Carney assembles an exhaustive array of evidence on the political role of Argead royal women. She also presents a series of biographical sketches describing the public careers of all the royal women - including Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, and the warrior Cynnane, his half-sister - whose names are preserved in ancient sources.

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