Abstract
In his Protrepticus (4.54.2-6), Clement relates a lurid story of an Athenian offer of the goddess Athena as a bride for Demetrius Poliorcetes. I argue that this story arises from the retrojection of a similar Athenian offer to Mark Antony, and suggest that Plutarch's pairing of Poliorcetes and Antony may have encouraged the conflation of the stories about them.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 295-300 |
| Journal | The Classical Journal |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
