[Olympias Being Tied at the Hands Before Getting Executed] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Olympias Being Tied at the Hands Before Getting Executed]
Subject: Important Queens; Olympias; Cassander; Execution; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Pydna; Ancient Greece; Macedon
Description: This illustration depicts Olympias, queen of Macedon and mother to Alexander the Great, being tied at the hands by a man standing in front of her. She is also being grabbed at the arm by a man standing behind her. There is one other man standing behind her in the image. These men are tying her up because she had surrendered to Cassander after he besieged the city of Pydna. The men are taking her to await her execution.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:12012
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris; 1493 Paris
Image: mta_12012_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Queens; Olympias; Cassander; Execution; Important Women