Dr. Graham Wrightson

army is persuaded to switch sides and so Eurydice gets executed and all sorts of fun stuff and then Olympias kills Cassandra's family and Cassandra then kills Olympias and her family all sorts of fun stuff but for them it's all about Alexander right the whole concept of this initial period of the successors is how do we best connect ourselves to Alexander whether that's through marrying his sister or

army is persuaded to switch sides and so Eurydice gets executed and all sorts of fun stuff and then Olympias kills Cassandra's family and Cassandra then kills Olympias and her family all sorts of fun stuff but for them it's all about Alexander right the whole concept of this initial period of the successors is how do we best connect ourselves to Alexander whether that's through marrying his sister or

army is persuaded to switch sides and so Eurydice gets executed and all sorts of fun stuff and then Olympias kills Cassandra's family and Cassandra then kills Olympias and her family all sorts of fun stuff but for them it's all about Alexander right the whole concept of this initial period of the successors is how do we best connect ourselves to Alexander whether that's through marrying his sister or

through being married to his brother, through being also descended from his father. So being one of his cousins, basically, right. Or step siblings or half siblings, all these different people are trying to connect themselves to Alexander in some way or other. either through control of his sons, through marriage to his relatives, or through being his relative as his mother, right?

through being married to his brother, through being also descended from his father. So being one of his cousins, basically, right. Or step siblings or half siblings, all these different people are trying to connect themselves to Alexander in some way or other. either through control of his sons, through marriage to his relatives, or through being his relative as his mother, right?

through being married to his brother, through being also descended from his father. So being one of his cousins, basically, right. Or step siblings or half siblings, all these different people are trying to connect themselves to Alexander in some way or other. either through control of his sons, through marriage to his relatives, or through being his relative as his mother, right?

And that's arguably why the end of the successor period, when we leave and go to sort of them founding their independent kingdoms, that doesn't really happen until all these generals not only killed each other, but they've wiped out Alexander's entire family, basically. So Olympias gets murdered. Cleopatra gets killed. Philip Aridaeus, his brother gets killed. The two sons get killed.

And that's arguably why the end of the successor period, when we leave and go to sort of them founding their independent kingdoms, that doesn't really happen until all these generals not only killed each other, but they've wiped out Alexander's entire family, basically. So Olympias gets murdered. Cleopatra gets killed. Philip Aridaeus, his brother gets killed. The two sons get killed.

And that's arguably why the end of the successor period, when we leave and go to sort of them founding their independent kingdoms, that doesn't really happen until all these generals not only killed each other, but they've wiped out Alexander's entire family, basically. So Olympias gets murdered. Cleopatra gets killed. Philip Aridaeus, his brother gets killed. The two sons get killed.

So once the entire family is done, then it shifts away from Alexander's memory. It's like, because we've murdered these people, we can't connect to Alexander's memory because then you remember that we murdered his family. So now we have to build a different connection to our own personal governance of these kingdoms. And so it becomes less about family ties and,

So once the entire family is done, then it shifts away from Alexander's memory. It's like, because we've murdered these people, we can't connect to Alexander's memory because then you remember that we murdered his family. So now we have to build a different connection to our own personal governance of these kingdoms. And so it becomes less about family ties and,

So once the entire family is done, then it shifts away from Alexander's memory. It's like, because we've murdered these people, we can't connect to Alexander's memory because then you remember that we murdered his family. So now we have to build a different connection to our own personal governance of these kingdoms. And so it becomes less about family ties and,

and to the propagandistic ideals of Alexander the Great now as the wonderful conqueror. And that's where we get the idea, at least I think that's where we get the ideas of Alexander being a god coming into that you're connecting your kingship to this divine figure, this semi-divine heroic figure, right?

and to the propagandistic ideals of Alexander the Great now as the wonderful conqueror. And that's where we get the idea, at least I think that's where we get the ideas of Alexander being a god coming into that you're connecting your kingship to this divine figure, this semi-divine heroic figure, right?

and to the propagandistic ideals of Alexander the Great now as the wonderful conqueror. And that's where we get the idea, at least I think that's where we get the ideas of Alexander being a god coming into that you're connecting your kingship to this divine figure, this semi-divine heroic figure, right?

You get the heroic cult of Alexander is promoted instead of the literal family connection that is the case for the early successors. Then we get Ptolemy, especially promotes the divine aspect in Egypt, where you have divine pharaohs anyway, marrying as gods.

You get the heroic cult of Alexander is promoted instead of the literal family connection that is the case for the early successors. Then we get Ptolemy, especially promotes the divine aspect in Egypt, where you have divine pharaohs anyway, marrying as gods.

You get the heroic cult of Alexander is promoted instead of the literal family connection that is the case for the early successors. Then we get Ptolemy, especially promotes the divine aspect in Egypt, where you have divine pharaohs anyway, marrying as gods.

And you get the Seleucids promoting connection to divine Alexander, and he's on their coins as this Dionysus Heracles figure in their iconography. And you get the Antigonids doing the same thing, that they claim to be the rulers of Macedon through this connection to divine Alexander, even though they're not directly connected.

And you get the Seleucids promoting connection to divine Alexander, and he's on their coins as this Dionysus Heracles figure in their iconography. And you get the Antigonids doing the same thing, that they claim to be the rulers of Macedon through this connection to divine Alexander, even though they're not directly connected.