Olympias

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title: Olympias
text: Olympias was a Greek princess of the Molossians, the eldest daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, the sister of Alexander I of Epirus, the fourth wife of Philip II, the king of Macedonia and the mother of Alexander the Great. She was extremely influential in Alexander's life and was recognized as de facto leader of Macedon during Alexander's conquests. According to the 1st century AD biographer, Plutarch, she was a devout member of the orgiastic snake-worshiping cult of Dionysus, and he sugg
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description: Mother of Alexander the Great (c. 375–316 BC)
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympias
date created: 2002-09-07T03:12:23Z
date modified: 2024-09-03T14:01:46Z
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