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

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. Clitus asks Alexander, "Who planned the Asian invasion while you were still being

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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.

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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 {{AncientGreece-bio-stub