Ancient Macedonians in Greek and Roman Sources
From History to Historiography
edited by Tim Howe and Frances Pownall
Recent scholars have analyzed ways in which authors of the Roman era appropriated the figure of Alexander the Great. The essays in this collection cast a wider net, to show how Classical Greek, Hellenistic and Roman authors reinterpret and sometimes misinterpret information on ancient Macedonians to serve their own literary and political aims.
Recent scholars have analysed ways in which authors of the Roman era appropriated the figure of Alexander the Great. The essays in this collection cast a wider net, to show how Classical Greek, Hellenistic and Roman authors reinterpret and sometimes misinterpret information on ancient Macedonians to serve their own literary and political aims. Although Roman ideas pervade the historiographical tradition, this volume shows that the manipulation of ancient Macedonian history largely occurred much earlier. It reflected the complicated dynastic politics of the Argead royal house, the efforts of Alexander himself to redefine Macedonian kingship, and the competing strategies of the Successors to claim his legacy. Facing the complexity of the source tradition about the ancient Macedonians yields a richer and more balanced reflection of both the history and the historiography of this important and controversial people.
PART I SUCCESSION AND THE ROLE OF ROYAL WOMEN 1 A Founding Mother? Eurydike I, Philip II and Macedonian Royal Mythology Timothy Howe, St. Olaf College Royal Women as Succession Advocates Elizabeth Carney, Clemson University 3 A Roman Olympias: Powerful Women in the Historiae Philippicae of Pompeius Trogus Rebecca Frank, University of Virginia PART II PHILIA, POLITICS AND ALLIANCES 4 Was Kallisthenes the Tutor of Alexander's Royal Pages? Frances Pownall, University of Alberta 5 Hephaistion A Reassessment of his Career Sabine Muller, Philipps University Marburg 6 Friendship and Betrayal: The Alliances among the Diadochoi Alexander Meeus, University of Mannheim PART III ROYAL SELF-PRESENTATION AND IDEOLOGY 7 The Animal Types on the Argead Coinage, Wilderness and Macedonia Victor Alonso Troncoso, University of La Coruna 8 Alexander as Achilles: Arrian's use of Homer from Troy to the Granikos Hugh Bowden, King's College London 9 The Grand Procession, Galaterschlacht, and Ptolemaic Kingship Paul Johston, The Citadel PART IV THE MEMORY OF ALEXANDER 10 Legends of Seleukos' death, from omens to revenge Daniel Ogden, University of Exeter and UNISA 11 The memory of Alexander in Plutarch's Lives of Demetrios, Pyrrhos, and Eumenes Sulochana Asirvatham, Montclair State University Index
- Edited by Tim Howe
- Edited by Frances Pownall
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