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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.

Book details

• Full title: Women and Monarchy in Macedonia
• Author: Elizabeth Donnelly Carney
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 384
• EAN: 9780806132129
• ISBN: 0806132124
• ID: 11524725
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Weight: 688 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 163 × 28 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. May 2000

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