Lanike

Lanike

Lanike (born ca. 380 BC), also called Hellanike or Alacrinis, was the sister of Clitus the Black and the nurse of Alexander the Great. ["Who's Who In The Age Of Alexander The Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire", Waldemar Heckel, Blackwell Publishing, 2005, ISBN 1405112107]

Depictions in fiction

She is referenced in "" by Oliver Stone. Clitus asks Alexander, "Who planned the Asian invasion while you were still being spanked on your bottom by my sister Lanike?" In a rage Alexander proceeds to kill Clitus, but while mourning his actions, Alexander weeps about what he has done to Lanike, i.e. killing her brother.

She also appears as a character in numerous dramatic and fictional accounts of Alexander's life, such as the novel "Fire From Heaven" by Mary Renault.

References

External links

* [http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Renault/fire.html List of characters in Fire From Heaven]


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