Adversaries: Cynane
Womanica
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4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Cynane (357 BC - 323 BC) was a warrior princess and older half-sister of Alexander the Great. She fought in battle as a child with her father and half-brother, and is believed to be the first person to have ever rallied her own army.
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| 0:42.0 | Hello from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and is Womannica. |
| 0:42.8 | This month we're talking about adversaries, women who fought for their place in history, |
| 0:47.2 | whether they fought to get to the top of their sport, against how society perceived |
| 0:51.0 | them, or fought with each other to be champions. |
| 0:54.6 | We're talking about women who broke barriers and sometimes did seemingly impossible or unspeakable |
| 0:59.3 | things to carve out their place in history. This episode of Womannica is brought to you by the all new Toyota Camry. |
| 1:07.0 | You've likely heard of Alexander the Great. |
| 1:10.0 | His half-sister, like him, was a force to be reckoned with. |
| 1:14.0 | She was both a princess and a warrior. |
| 1:17.0 | Please meet Siena. |
| 1:20.0 | Siena was born in the ancient kingdom of Macedonia in 357 BC. |
| 1:25.0 | She was the first child of King Philip II of Macedon and his first wife Odata an Illyrian princess. |
| 1:35.2 | In some reports of Siena's life her mother was captured by her father. |
| 1:40.3 | In others they joined families to quell the fighting between their two nations. In Illyrian culture, women had high standing and were seen as equals in both |
| 1:49.0 | intelligence and ability. |
| 1:51.6 | So Odata, Siena's mother, raised her daughter in the Illyrian way. |
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