THE DAUGHTER OF NEOPTOLEMUS is one of the few extensive works on Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. Beginning with her introduction to Philip II during the sacred Mysteries of Samothrace as a teenager, the novel of Macedonia's most well-known rulers as well as the reign of her son Alexander & her role in the power struggles following his death. The novel ends with Olympias's assassination in 316 B.C. THE DAUGHTER OF NEOPTOLEMUS is an important addition to any collection not only because it is the only full-length ...
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THE DAUGHTER OF NEOPTOLEMUS is one of the few extensive works on Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. Beginning with her introduction to Philip II during the sacred Mysteries of Samothrace as a teenager, the novel of Macedonia's most well-known rulers as well as the reign of her son Alexander & her role in the power struggles following his death. The novel ends with Olympias's assassination in 316 B.C. THE DAUGHTER OF NEOPTOLEMUS is an important addition to any collection not only because it is the only full-length favorable work on Olympias, but also because of its extensive research on Ancient Macedonia & the clarity with which the novel format presents the history & the culture of this time. A multitude of issues are explored in a logical & scholarly manner such as the cult of Samothrace, Orphism, Philip's assassination, the death of Alexander the Great, & interpretations of recent archaeological discoveries in Macedonia; all are presented in a beautifully narrated work of literature. A must have!
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Very Good with no dust jacket. 1884191010. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1884191010. Book has corner dings with tiny bends & shelf edge scuffs; book has light page edge smudges; clean, flat, no writing or spine creasing; 418 pages. (From back of book: She was the daughter of King Neoptolemus of Epirus, a descendent of the Trojan, Phthian, and Olympian dynasties, a priestess of the Oak-got at Dodona, and initiate into the Sacred Mysteries of the Great Gods of Samothrace, the wife of Philip ll of Macedonia, and the mother of Aleksandr the Great. This is the story of Olympias who once ruled the world. ); 418 pages.