Cy sensuit histoire de olipiade qui su royne tres noble de macedone · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy sensuit histoire de olipiade qui su royne tres noble de macedone
Subject: Cassander; Important Women; Important Queens; Famous Women; Execution; Alexander the Great; Olympias
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Macedonia; Pydna; Ancient Greece; Macedon
Description: This illustration depicts Olympias, queen of Macedon and mother to Alexander the Great, being approached by men swinging their swords at her. These men are approaching her up because she had surrendered to Cassander after he besieged the city of Pydna. The men are taking her to await her execution. Olympias’ husband, King Philip, is depicted dead on the ground in the foreground of the image. He is wearing a crown to identify him as king.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20046
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris
Image: mta_20046_OBJ.jpg