Page 6: 'fulsome' means flattering to an excessive degree

Had to include him somehow. He sounded too messy not to mention him lol. I learned he had a disability which kept him home instead of going with with childhood friend Alexander into conquering new territories but definitely problematic; stealing money a few times and his relationships in the article. Yeah he's a lot.

This I did not know, I should do further research about that because according to the tales we've read especially the tale starring the Egyptian pharaoh Nectanebo II would suggest otherwise as Olympias was convinced she was impregnated by Amun himself. The plot thickens!

Really like this passage. It's true that people forget that the life size statues do give that 'god-like' feeling. I keep thinking of Carney's great example of the Lincoln memorial which is the definition of larger than life, it makes you feel like he was not only human but 'super' human

This is very important to me as a reader of the article, how can I place this in my own words to convey the thoughts of the author as well as my own because so far, we have been of the same mind as I've read her words. Very interesting, suggesting there's a duality of power instead of power just stemming from the king to the queen and consorts.

Definitely useful in making points in the analysis

Useful in correlating the emotion certain images and sculptures can stir up in a viewer. Gonna try it in the analysis.

As we know Alexander was focused on his conquests and I don't recall him ever having made a structure with statues of his family along side him.

I like this passage cause it reminds me that I am viewing the cult culture through my Catholic goggles for lack of a better terminology. To try to make sense of or relate to ruler/dynastic cults with my own religious baggage will only confuse or stunt my understanding of what it actually was and what it meant

Lack of something

I think what Carney means to say here is that you can't trace all the different categories of ways that in which the Greeks could trace or connect their human nature to the divine linearly. It's a story from here and there and it's not always cut and dry when it comes to the connections to the two worlds.

in this case meaning 'of equal status' to the Olympians

I wonder why that was? Is it because there isn't any substantial evidence? I understand that Carney states they only mentioned in passing but is that because these women were only 'associated' with royal men, were the women not royal themselves?

These were statues of women standing usually clothed in loose robes

Doing a quick google search, In this age we would call them 'tombstones'. The stelai would commemorate the dead by sometimes depicting a scene from the deceased's life or a mythological scene

'a gesture expressing deferential respect, such as a bow or curtsy' I believe this is saying that the Harpalus had a genuine love and respect for Glycera to have live with him and to receive curtsies when people passed her giving her that sense of power and importance. Or it could've been that Harpalus was that under her spell, or more bluntly... whipped.

Refers to courtesans?

So I'm assuming for Heracles to be performing 'female tasks' would be demeaning or demoralizing to the man? I do understand the wearing the female garments as that would more seemingly be emasculating to me other than what I would describe as a menial task

I did not know that! I found this anecdote, ta aphrodisia is used to denote ‘ pleasures of sex’.

That's the real reason the Queens weren't assimilated to Hera and always made in the image of Aphrodite. Aphrodite was not seen as threatening to the 'male power' as Carney writes. Again, goes back to that Greek mentality that women are inferior and are not to have the same power as men

She was a famous courtesan, there was a famous trial where she was charged with impiety? She was also allegedly the model for the first nude statue of a woman in ancient Greece

I do find that interesting that even after Philip showcasing the royal females part of his dynasty with statues of their own, the tradition did not follow after he was gone.

I think having his and the other statues of his family members shown publicly was his cult introduction, whether that was his intent or not

I can only think that in true Greek fashion, the female statues standing beside the other male ones were deemed unacceptable and due to mounting pressure from others, the statues of Olympias and Eurydice where moved

Not in Macedonia proper but in Egypt under the Ptolemaic dynasty was the imperial Alexander the Great cult begun

Interesting that cults had the premise for giving recognition to people who were already in power like Kings and Queens, it's almost like it's another way of asserting their domain over the population

The author basically answers her own questions with the last sentence. Historically men were not writing about the actual power of individual women much. Definitely not at the rate they do with men, and let's not forget it is mostly the Greek 'male' point of view we are getting describing the various ancient civilizations

Greek for 'joint citizenship' a type of treaty

A state whose power derives from its naval or commercial supremacy on the seas. "An empire at sea"

I just had to say that I love your featured image lol

I do like your submissions for the videos, maybe link them in your post too? Or just add the citation at the bottom as well?

The links under the images being off center is really irking me lol

Love the featured image, just wished the map in color was as detailed as the others!

No little anecdotes about the maps shown? Leaves the page feeling a bit empty to me

Great material on the accounts but I think we could've added photos if there are any and maybe shorten the passages. Have the reader use the links provided to continue their learning on the different accounts of the punic wars

There should be some resources listed in this about page. Maybe condense the two large paragraphs into just what's relevant and keep the reader guessing

I do like this page with all the photos but maybe we just focus on the maps here or as Robert mentioned make some focus about the pyramids?

There are much better (cited!) images in these other tabs than on the main page, maybe we could move these to be the focus on the summary page?

In this context, meaning 'the action of putting into words an idea or feeling of a specified type'

From the Greek meaning, "headless" a region lacking hierarchies

There are study questions and readings, shame they weren't all linked onto this page, you'll have to use the Meroe tab under student created units and there are more tabs that appear, the link is here https://clas3209.wordpress.com/student-units/meroe/secondary-literature-and-study-guides/

We could try finding other images pertaining to this page, hopefully find cited works. Like the Professor says above how does the reader know to trust this info?

I see what you mean Karen, we could also reformat the paragraphs, make important facts and anecdotes jump out to the reader to keep their focus and definitely review questions

matres lectionis: from latin meaning "mother of reading"

meaning "with those things having been changed which need to be changed” or “the necessary changes having been made”

It meant there was open communication between the monarchy and the commonwealth. Sounds almost like a democracy

body of troops or police officers standing or moving in close formation

Meaning 'the Victorious'

That's nice of Alexander to try to keep the peace for the Macedonian families... I guess?? lol

The youtube tutorial is really helpful in giving an overview on how to use hypothes.is. I did find this tutorial to be slightly better, the audio is terrible though.