Lanike or Lanice pronounced (Lan iss) (
Greek: ), also called Hellanike or Alacrinis, daughter of Dropidas, who was son of
Critias, was the sister of
Cleitus the Black, and the nurse of
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...
. She was born, most likely, shortly after 380 BC; for she is named as the mother of
Proteas and two other sons who died in the
Siege of Miletus in 334 BC. Her husband may have been
Andronicus of Olynthus.
[''Who's Who In The Age Of Alexander The Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire'', Waldemar Heckel, Blackwell Publishing, 2005, ]
Lanike in fiction
She is referenced in ''
Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut'' by
Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of '' Midnight Express'' (1978), and wrote the gangster film remake '' Sc ...
. Clitus asks Alexander, "Who planned the Asian invasion while you were still being
spanked
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on your
bottom
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Anatomy and sex
* Bottom (BDSM), the partner in a BDSM who takes the passive, receiving, or obedient role, to that of the top or dominant
* Bottom (sex), a term used by gay couples and BDSM
* Buttocks or bottom, part of th ...
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 in numerous dramatic and fictional accounts of Alexander's life, such as the novel ''
Fire From Heaven'' by
Mary Renault.
References
4th-century BC Greek people
Courtiers of Alexander the Great
Ancient Macedonian women
Year of death unknown
370s BC births
4th-century BC Greek women
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