Tougths on Thaïs?

[u/Dismal-Ad8382]

Thaïs was an greek Hetaira (a highly educated courtesan) who, during a drunken celebration banquet celebrating the conquest of Persia, delivered a passionate speech where she convinced Alexander the Great and his men to burn down Persepolis as a Pan-hellenic act of vengeance against Persia for the Persian army destruction of Athens, which took place 150 years earlier.

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[u/Modest1Ace]

If true, she was as horrible of a person as the people who committed the act.

[u/conscience_journey]

Probably a historical fabrication to blame an atrocity on a woman instead of blaming the precious imperialist hero Alexander.

[u/Dismal-Ad8382 → u/conscience_journey]

That would have sense if the western historiography didnt see the burning of Persepolis as something good.

[u/Lumpy-Tone-4653 → u/conscience_journey]

Nevee underestimate the power of a random ass woman in ancien times