Eurydice (the wife of Amyntas III, the mother of Philip II, and grandmother of Alexander the Great) was the first royal Macedonian woman who played a role in the public life of ancient Macedonia. This study examines the nature of her role and the factors that contributed to its expansion.

Acknowledgements Map Abbreviations Chronology King List Argead Family Tree Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Marriage of Eurydice and Her Husband's Rule Chapter 3: The Rule of the sons of Eurydice Chapter 4: Eurydice and her sons Chapter 5: Eurydice's public image during her lifetime Chapter 6: Eurydice's public image after her death Bibliography

Carney's book on the life of Eurydice of Macedon is an important contribution to our knowledge of royal women. More broadly, it is an extremely useful overview of the political situation in Macedon in the time before Alexander.

"Carney's book on the life of Eurydice of Macedon is an important contribution to our knowledge of royal women. More broadly, it is an extremely useful overview of the political situation in Macedon in the time before Alexander." -- Classical Journal-Online "As with most of Carney's body of work, this book is a pleasure to read. Whereas much research on the fourth century can be mired in technical debates, Carney manages to highlight numerous source-based issues while avoiding losing the reader in what is supposed to be a more widely read work. This means scholars, students and the general public will find this work easy to engage with and learn from." -- Richard Evans, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "This book is a pleasure to read.... Carney has once again done justice to a fascinating figure who deserves a place of recognition within Hellenistic history, for good and bad, as one of the key reasons the Macedonian kingdom became the dominant power in the late fourth century BC." -- Bryn Mawr Classical Review "This lucidly written book provides an illuminating analysis of the significance of one of the principal figures of Macedonian history, and an excellent introduction to the problems faced by historians of Macedon... Highly Recommended" -- S. M. Burstein, CHOICE "Carney's book makes a splendid effort to bring attention to the role of a royal woman in the narrative of the transformation of Macedonia into a major power in the course of the first half of the fourth century BCE... She also considers extensively the dedications made by Eurydice and her connection to various buildings at Vergina, emphasizing the fact that she is mentioned on her own, without reference to her male royal relatives or husband." -- Kostas Vlassopoulos, Greece & Rome "Elizabeth Carney's Eurydice sheds light on a complex and transformative period of history; like Carney's biography of Olympias, Eurydice shows us a woman negotiating the dangers of a man's world, striving to maintain the security and primacy of her progeny in an era of violent dynastic instability. --Sheila Ager, University of Waterloo "In Eurydice Carney has tackled one of the most intriguing figures in Argead history. No one will agree with all of her arguments, but this is the work of a master well acquainted with all of the evidence presently at hand and all of the scholarship. Carney should now be recognized as the current (and possibly all time) queen of Macedonian studies." --William Greenwalt, Santa Clara University

Elizabeth Donnelly Carney is Professor and Carol K. Brown Scholar in Humanities, Emerita, at Clemson University. She is the author of Women and Monarchy in Ancient Macedonia, Olympias: Mother of Alexander the Great, Arsinoë of Egypt and Macedonia, and King and Court in Ancient Macedonia.

Selling point: Examines Eurydice (the wife of Amyntas III, the mother of Philip II, and grandmother of Alexander the Great) while avoiding ad feminam arguments Selling point: Employs recent archaeological evidence including a fascinating tomb attributed to her Selling point: Examines the nature of her public role as well as the factors that contributed to its expansion and to the expanding power of Macedonia