Ancient Macedonians in the Greek and Roman sources : from history to historiography /
Pownall, Frances,1963-editor.
Howe, Timothy,editor.
Poletti, Beatrice,editor.
Recent scholars have analysed ways in which authors of the Roman era appropriated the figure of Alexander the Great. The essays in this collection, by an international team of scholars, cast a wider net. They show how classical Greek, hellenistic and Roman authors reinterpreted, sometimes misinterpreted, 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Recent scholars have analysed ways in which authors of the Roman era appropriated the figure of Alexander the Great. The essays in this collection, by an international team of scholars, cast a wider net. They show how classical Greek, hellenistic and Roman authors reinterpreted, sometimes misinterpreted, 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.
A founding mother? : Eurydike I, Philip II and Macedonian royal mythology / Timothy Howe -- Royal women as succession advocates / Elizabeth Carney -- A Roman Olympus : powerful women in the Historiae Philippicae of Pompeius Trogus / Rebecca Frank -- Was Kallisthenes the tutor of Alexander's royal pages? / Frances Pownall -- Hephaistion : a reassessment of his career / Sabine Müller -- Friendship and betrayal : the alliances among the Diadochoi / Alexander Meeus -- The animal types on the argead coinage, wildnerness and Macedonia / Victor Alonso Troncoso -- Alexander as Achilles : Arrian's use of Homer from Troy to the Granikos / Hugh Bowden -- The grand procession, Galaterschlacht, and Ptolemaic kingship / Paul Johstono -- Legends of Seleukos' death, from omens to revenge / Daniel Ogden -- The memory of Alexander in Plutarch's Lives of Demetrios, Pyrrhos, and Eumenes / Sulochana Asirvatham.