What is Olympias's full name?
ὈëõìðéÜ
Olympias nickname(s):
Polyxena, Myrtale, Stratonice
What religion is Olympias?
Cult
What is Olympias nationality?
Greek
What is Olympias's occupation?
Greek Princess of Epirus
Olympias claim to fame:
Alexander The Great's mother
Who is Olympias's father?
Neoptolemus I of Epirus (king)
Olympias family:
Alexander The Great (son)
Short Biography
Olympias (Greek: , ca. 375–316 BC) was a Greek princess of Epirus, daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, the fourth wife of the king of Macedonia, Philip II, and mother of Alexander the Great. She was a devout member of the orgiastic snake-worshiping cult of Dionysus, and it is suggested by the biographer, Plutarch, that she may have slept with snakes.