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000434485 1001_ $$aOgden, Daniel.
000434485 24510 $$aAlexander the Great :$$bmyth, genesis and sexuality /$$cDaniel Ogden.
000434485 260__ $$aExeter, UK :$$bUniversity of Exeter Press,$$c2011.
000434485 300__ $$ax, 276 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000434485 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000434485 5050_ $$aSon of the thunderbolt : Alexander's birth myths and their dates. The birth myths ; The lion-seal ; The thunderbolt ; The serpent sire and its tradition ; The serpent sire and the debate over Alexander's paternity ; The serpent sire and Ammon -- Son of the serpent : the original identity of Alexander's serpent sire. Alexander's world of serpents ; Patterns in the Alexander serpent-lore ; The original identity of the serpent sire ; The visualisation of the seduction of Olympias -- Son of the ram : Alexander as heir to the Macedonian foundation myths. Typologies ; Macedon ; Caranus ; Perdiccas ; Midas ; Archelaus ; The interaction of Alexander's myths with the foundation myths -- Son of the Eagle : the heirs to Alexander's birth myths. The opportunities offered by Alexander's birth myths ; Ptolemy Soter ; Seleucus Nicator : the foundations of Antioch and Seleuceia ; Seleucus Nicator : descent and typologies ; Seleucus Nicator : Apollo as sire ; Antigonus Monophthalmus and Demetrius Poliocetes ; Other Hellenistic dynasties and the Roman Empire ; Conclusions -- Son of the witch : traditions of polygamy in the Macedonian court. The polygamous structure of the Macedonian court ; Olympias and Philinna : a war of witches? ; Alexander's family : polygamy and productivity -- Alexander's wives : fact and tradition. Roxane ; Stateira ; Parysatis ; Barsine -- Alexander's dalliances : fact and tradition. Courtesans ; Sons and mothers : encounters with local queens -- Alexander's men : fact and tradition. The enigma of Hephaestion ; Bagoas the eunuch ; Hector -- Alexander the gynnis. The gynnis tale ; What was a gynnis ; Alexander as a gynnis.
000434485 520__ $$aWhat are ancient texts saving to us when they describe Alexander the Great's romantic relationship with his wife Barsine, or comment on his homosexual relationship with Hephaestion? What did it mean when the ancient writers told that Alexander had been sired by a thunderbolt or by a gigantic snake? What did it mean when they represented his mother Olympias as a witch? These are some of the questions addressed in Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality. In Ins latest book, Daniel Ogden discusses the mythologizing of procreation and sex in the ancient traditions surrounding Alexander. --Book Jacket.
000434485 520__ $$aExamines ancient texts for clues to Alexander the Great's parentage and birth, romantic relationships, and successors.
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000434485 60000 $$aAlexander,$$cthe Great,$$d356 B.C.-323 B.C.$$vLegends.
000434485 60000 $$aAlexander,$$cthe Great,$$d356 B.C.-323 B.C.$$xSexual behavior.
000434485 650_0 $$aGenerals$$zGreece$$vBiography.
000434485 651_0 $$aGreece$$xKings and rulers$$vBiography.
000434485 651_0 $$aGreece$$xHistory$$yMacedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
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