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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8249874, member: 118780&quot;]These kind of debates are always fun. Please don&#039;t take this as an attack, but just some fun discussion. Obviously you are correct that history is very fluid, and the sources we rely on may not have been correct.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Read <i>Women and Monarchy in Macedonia</i> by Elizabeth Carney. Women were most definitely used to propagate the Macedonian line. They also had a major impact on which heir received the throne. It&#039;s the primary reason Kassander married Thessalonika. No woman in Macedonian history ever was designated a king (even though the concept of king wasn&#039;t used until well after Alexander&#039;s death), but they were critical pieces in the propagation of the monarchy itself. A few argead women, such as Kleopatra in Epirus and Adea Eurydike in Macedon, did rule without a title.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think of the tremendous fuss that went on with Kleopatra. There&#039;s a reason every major player wanted to marry her, and Antigonos eventually killed her. While she couldn&#039;t lead armies herself (though Cynane, Olympius, and Adea Eurydike did), she could most definitely give birth to an heir.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I believe it&#039;s Plutarch who mentions this, but the same is given <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Cassander/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Cassander/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I recall reading this in Diodorus, but I don&#039;t have my copy with me.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree, but my point is it was unfair to cast the primary blame on Kassander, who was the only one of the three not present on the battlefield.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The part on the shrine is covered in Carney&#039;s work. I also read <i>The Greek World After Alexander 323-30 BC</i> by Graham Shipley, and I recall him discussing this in his chapter on Macedonia (again, my copy is not with me right now).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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