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Darius' wife! (was it 9 months later?)
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 1:44 pm
by smittyzback
Captured at Issis , died giving childbirth some time around the of seige at Tyre. Wondering if the macedonians were as respectfull of the Persian royalty as it is made out!
Re: Darius' wife! (was it 9 months later?)
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 1:45 pm
by smittyzback
Oh! by the way, hi everyone!:)
Re: Darius' wife! (was it 9 months later?)
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 9:35 am
by smittyzback
Having gone through the forums search engine, have realized this subject matter has been raised before. No need to respond, although some confusing theories thrown about by the sounds of it.bye
Re: Darius' wife! (was it 9 months later?)
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2003 12:11 pm
by Tre
Elizabeth Carney brings this up in her book on Macedonian Women, but comes to no conclusive answer. Women could and did die of gynecological complications even then, some of which could have been construed to be 'death in childbirth' i.e. bleeding from the womb, i.e. Fibroids et al.Alexander was more than capable of keeping his hands off the royal females. He harbored a very dim view of rape. This is one area of his life where arguably, one could make a case that Alexander was somewhat derelict in his duty as King. He failed to produce numerous heirs or heirs that might have been old enough to survive the Diadochi wars.
Re: Darius' wife! (was it 9 months later?)
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2003 12:32 pm
by susan
Curtius describes her death at some length, (4.10) and puts it down to exhaustion due to the hardships of the journey and dejection at her circumstances - which I think is more likely than childbirth. I think it was more a case of Plutarch jumping to conclusions.
Alexander might rightly have felt guilty about her death, if it was due to the hardships of the journey. Susan