King and Court in Ancient Macedonia
Rivalry, Treason and Conspiracy
by Elizabeth Carney
Hardback (Published)
(August 2015)
ISBN: 9781905125982
6.1 x 9.17 inches
Price: $95.00
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The Hellenistic courts and monarchies have in recent years become one of the most intensively studied areas of ancient history. Among the most influential pioneers in this process has been the American historian Elizabeth Carney. The present book collects for the first time in a single volume her most influential articles. Previously published in a range of learned journals, the articles are here re-edited, each with a substantive Afterword by the author bringing the discussion up to date and adding new bibliography. Main themes of this volume include Macedonian monarchy in practice and as an image; the role of conspiracies and violence at court; royal women; aspects of court life and institutions.
Introduction Argead Monarchy: Image and Practice 1. Women and Basileia: Legitimacy and Female Political Action in Macedonia 2. Macedonians and Mutiny: Discipline and Indiscipline in the Army of Philip and Alexander 3. The Philippeum, Women, and the Formation of Dynastic Image 4. Tomb I at Vergina and the Meaning of the Great Tumulus as an Historical Monument 5. Were the Tombs Under the Great Tumulus at Vergina Royal? Conspiracies Real and Alleged 6. Alexander the Lyncestian: the Disloyal Opposition 7. The Death of Clitus 8. The Conspiracy of Hermolaus 9. Regicide in Macedonia 10. The Politics of Polygamy: Olympias, Alexander, and the Murder of Philip Life at Court 11. Elite Education and High Culture in Macedonia 12. The role of the Basilikoi Paides at the Argead Court. 13. Symposia and the Macedonian Elite: The Unmixed Life 14. Hunting and the Macedonian Elite: Sharing the Rivalry of the Chase (Arrian 4.13.1) Bibliography
Elizabeth Carney is Professor of Ancient History and a Carol K. Brown Endowed Scholar in Humanities at Clemson University. She is the author of Women in Monarchy in Ancient Macedonia (2000), Olympias: Mother of Alexander the Great (2006), and Arsinoe of Egypt and Macedon: A Royal Life (2013).
- By (author) Elizabeth Carney
"...This volume offers a master class in the practice of ancient history. [...] To sum up, the collection of articles presented in this volume speaks to a clear and important theme concerning the ruling Argead clan and the expectations of the Macedonian elite. Carney has long sought to convince us that kings cannot be assessed without considering their closest companions, and the scholarly debates that she reports in the Afterword essays show how significant her work has been over the past forty years. This volume [offers] students more opportunity to delve into the family, friends, and enemies of Philip and Alexander." --Alexis Q. Castor, Franklin & Marshall College, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.08.32 "Carney has made a significant contribution to the study of Macedon and Macedonians. This collection of articles offers readers a chance to appreciate its scope and development, and makes appreciable the gentle move in the story of Macedonian history away from individuals and events and toward structures. [...] The addition of reflection on the current state of scholarship and the development of the author's own work makes this book especially useful and instructive." --Samuel Gartland, Classical Journal 2016.08.10
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