
EP9 Glimpses of Olympias
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum
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Is Your God Favoring You?
When Alexander died, we're going to have two kings and they're both going to be legitimate. The representatives of the mascot king are obviously a dayo euridiki. Both sides need military support. They will hook their wagon to Cassandra's cause. So he's kind of their champion. On the other side, you have the little kid Alexander the fourth. You have his mother, Alexander's Persian battery and wife. Olympias and this polypricon guy. He's going to be the guy that goes and wrestles with Cassandra all over this theater militarily and some of Cassandra's allies and basically lose.
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