Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum EP9 Glimpses of Olympias
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Olympias Movie Idea
- Dan Carlin suggests a movie about Olympias.
- He considers her the most interesting woman of the ancient world.
Alexander's Relationship with Olympias
- Historians debate whether Alexander the Great was a "mama's boy".
- This question is complex given Alexander's and Olympias' personalities.
Olympias's Defiance of Stereotypes
- Olympias defied ancient stereotypes about women.
- She was ambitious and assertive, unlike typical female figures of that time.
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
Is Alexander the Great a Mama's Boy in Air Quotes?
03:37 • 3min
The Most Remarkable Woman in History
06:22 • 2min
A Little Bit About Olympius
08:37 • 2min
I Don't Like William Shatner's Casting
10:43 • 2min
The Greatest Assembly of Generals and Marshals and Over the Top Military Figures
12:38 • 3min
Is There a Buffet of Intellectual Reality?
15:24 • 4min
The Legend of Olympius by Peter Green
19:20 • 2min
Macadoni - The Complexity of the Macadonian World
21:30 • 2min
What's So Special About Olympius?
23:59 • 3min
The Mother of a King
26:53 • 3min
Alexander Influence Question
29:31 • 2min
The Power of Mass Collective Belief
31:47 • 2min
What Does All This Mean?
33:45 • 2min
Fake News Goes Way Back?
35:52 • 4min
Is Charles Bronson a Barbarian Looking Beard?
39:23 • 1min
Charles Bronson in a Greek Movie
40:45 • 2min
The Importance of Bringing in Aristotle to Be a Teacher
42:38 • 2min
The Spartan Answer Is Just One Word
45:02 • 2min
What's Going on With the Macadonians?
47:19 • 3min
The Macadonian Soap Opera
50:18 • 2min
Is There a Macadony in Attila?
51:54 • 3min
The Marriage of Olympius and Alexander
54:41 • 2min
The Aesthetics of a Romantic Wedding
56:25 • 2min
History Turns on a Dime
58:38 • 2min
Macadonia and Soap Opera
01:01:05 • 2min
Deodorus - A Male Prostitute?
01:03:29 • 3min
Was Pausanias Acting Alone?
01:06:44 • 1min
The Assassination of Pausanias
01:08:12 • 2min
The Athenians Didn't Have Anything to Do With the Peloponnesian War
01:09:42 • 3min
Olympius and Alexander Did It
01:12:22 • 2min
Pustaines' Date Rape
01:14:34 • 3min
The Dionysus Priestesses
01:17:37 • 4min
The First Few Days of Philip II's Assassination
01:21:50 • 2min
The King Ship Changes Hands in Macadonian History
01:23:59 • 3min
The Assassination of Cleopatra
01:26:36 • 2min
Elizabeth Carney's Book on Olympias
01:28:45 • 3min
The Woman on Woman Violence
01:31:19 • 3min
Alexander and Humpty Dumpy
01:34:30 • 2min
The Old Guard and the New Guard Are Barons
01:36:08 • 2min
The Secrets of Olympius's Romance
01:37:59 • 3min
The Story of Olympius and Alexander
01:40:38 • 2min
Diplomacy in the Ancient World
01:43:02 • 3min
What's Going on in the Womb?
01:45:57 • 2min
Are You a Descendedant of Achilles?
01:47:36 • 3min
The King of the Persians, You Better Be Able to Drink, Sir?
01:50:28 • 1min
Antipater and Cassandra in Macadonia
01:51:57 • 2min
Cassandra Scared Alexander
01:54:13 • 2min
The Cup Bearer and the Death of Alexander the Great
01:56:18 • 3min
Macadonia History - The Antipaterids and Olympia-Ess Man
01:59:13 • 2min
What Do We Do Now Once Alexander Dies?
02:01:34 • 2min
The War of the Dyadic High
02:03:48 • 3min
The Macadonian Smoke Filled Room
02:06:24 • 3min
Macadonian Army
02:09:07 • 1min
The Prince of Babylon, Philip Aridaeus
02:10:31 • 2min
Antipater's Loyalty to Olympius
02:12:46 • 2min
Women in the Macadonian Army
02:14:52 • 3min
You Want to Be the Crab That Crawls Out of the Bucket, She Married Cleopatra
02:17:32 • 5min
What Happens if Someone Steals the Puppet From the Warlords?
02:22:07 • 2min
Can You Kill Philip the Second's Daughter?
02:24:18 • 2min
The Marriage of the Amazon to the Idiot
02:26:30 • 2min
The 16 Year Old Is Not Going to Stay in the Shadows at All
02:28:48 • 2min
The King of Kings
02:31:09 • 2min
Perticus and Olympias in the World War II
02:33:20 • 2min
What's So Fascinating About the Macadonian Civil War?
02:35:36 • 2min
Antipater's Daughter
02:37:49 • 3min
The Crabs in the Bucket Dynamic
02:40:49 • 2min
Ptolemy's Ruthlessness Isn't a Mafia Hit
02:42:56 • 3min
The Macadonian Infantry Can Get a Little Fiery and She's Inciting Them
02:45:32 • 2min
Antipater and the Antipodean Conference
02:47:40 • 2min
Antipater and Cassandra
02:49:51 • 3min
Antipater's Choice to Give the Regency to His Son Cassandra
02:52:29 • 2min
Is Your God Favoring You?
02:54:40 • 2min
The First War Between Women
02:56:40 • 2min
Olympias Is Going to Compete in Their Area of Power, Right?
02:59:01 • 2min
The Importance of Conspicuously Dressing in Combat
03:01:07 • 2min
Olympias Conjures Ghosts in a Way That Forced the Other Side to Not Fight Her
03:03:11 • 3min
The Power of Magic in the Roman Empire
03:06:03 • 4min
Cassandra's in Trouble - The Vendetta Continues
03:10:05 • 2min
Cassandra's a Macadonian Hero
03:12:28 • 2min
The Ancient Writings Version of Olympia's Death End Quote
03:14:28 • 3min
The Iliad and Homer's Heroic Traditions
03:17:42 • 4min
Is There Still a Legacy of Alexander the Great in Macedonia?
03:22:01 • 3min
Nicholas Cage and the Balkans
03:24:50 • 2min
What's the Difference Between Macadonia and Cicero?
03:26:56 • 2min
We Used Peter Green's Alexander of Macadonia, Greater Than Alexander
03:28:53 • 3min
Description:Philip II of Macedonia and his son Alexander the Great are two of the most impressive figures in history. Few could contend with either man. One woman held her own with both of them. Alexander's mother Olympias. Notes: