Week 7 - Primary Source Selection

Plutarch

Olympias: Mother

Cleopatra: Other wife

Roxanna and Barsine: wives

Thais: Hetaira

D’s Relatives: Other women

• Not a history but a biography

• Stories that show his character

Arrian

Roxanne and Barsine: wives

D. Relatives: other women

Hipolita: queen of the amazons

• alexander romance (what plutarch does but up to 11)

• how cool he is

• Talks about D. relatives