Women and Monarchy in Macedonia (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture)

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In this groundbreaking work, Elizabeth Donnelly Carney examines the role of royal women within the Macedonian Argead dynasty from the sixth century B.C. to 168 B.C. Women were excluded from the exercise of power in among the Hellenic world. Then again, Carney shows that the other halves, mothers, and daughters of kings played essential roles in Macedonian public life and every so often decided the course of national events. Carney assembles an exhaustive array of evidence at the political role of Argead royal women. She also presents a series of biographical sketches describing the general public careers of the entire 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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