Women and Monarchy in Macedonia

by Carney, Elizabeth Donnelly

• ISBN13: 9780806132129
• ISBN10: 0806132124
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Donnelly Carney is Professor of History at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	xi
Women and Monarchy in the Argead Period	3	(35)
Eurydice and the Reigns of Amyntas III, Alexander II, and Perdiccas III	38	(13)
Royal Women and Philip II	51	(31)
Royal Women and Alexander the Great	82	(32)
Olympias, Cleopatra, Cynnane, Adea Eurydice, and the End of the Argead Dynasty (323-308)	114	(39)
Royal Women in Transition: The Antipatrids and the Descent to Chaos (316-277)	153	(26)
Women and Monarchy in the Antigonid Period (277-168)	179	(24)
Changes in the Public Role of Macedonian Royal Women in the Hellenistic Period	203	(31)
Royal Female Burials	234	(11)
Conclusion	245	(4)
Appendix: Genealogical Charts	249	(6)
Notes	255	(78)
Abbreviations	333	(2)
Bibliography	335	(18)
Index to Biographical Essays	353	(2)
General Index	355