Lanike

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Lanike (born ca. 380 BC), also called Hellanike or Alacrinis, was the sister of Clitus the Black and the nurse of Alexander the Great.[1]

[edit] Depictions in fiction

She is referenced in Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Who's Who In The Age Of Alexander The Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire, Waldemar Heckel, Blackwell Publishing, 2005, ISBN 1405112107

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