Olympias (Epirota)

Olympias (Graece: ; nata circa annum 375 a.C.n. in Epiro; necata anno 316 a.C.n. Pydnae in Macedonia) fuit princeps femina gentis Molossorum. Filia fuit Neoptolemi regis Epiri.Diodorus 19,51,5; Iustinus 7,6,10; 17,3,14. Circa annum 357 a.C.n. Philippo II, Macedonum regi, nupsit et Alexandrum Magnum peperit.

 Fontes 
Fontes principales sunt Diodorus Siculus et Marcus Iunianus Iustinus nec non Vita Alexandri a Plutarcho conscripta. 

 Notae 

 Bibliographia 
 Andreas Alföldi et Elisabeth Alföldi-Rösenbaum: Die Kontorniat-Medaillons. 2 Vol. Berolini 1976 et 1990. ISBN 3-11-003484-0 et ISBN 3-11-011905-6.
 "Olympias" in  no. 581, vol. 2 pp. 283-288
 Elizabeth D. Carney, "Olympias". In: Ancient Society. 1987, p.35–62 JSTOR
 Elizabeth D. Carney, "The Politics of Polygamy: Olympias, Alexander and the Murder of Philip" in Historia vol. 41 (1992) pp. 169-189 JSTOR; reimpressum cum additamentis in E. D. Carney, King and court in ancient Macedonia (Swansea: Classical Press of Wales, 2015) pp. 167-190
 Elizabeth D. Carney, Women and Monarchy in Macedonia. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000

 Elizabeth D. Carney, "Transitional royal women: Kleopatra, sister of Alexander the Great, Adea Eurydike, and Phila" in Elizabeth D. Carney, Sabine Müller, edd., The Routledge companion to women and monarchy in the ancient Mediterranean world (Londinii: Routledge, 2021) pp. 321-332
 Maurice Céhab: Mosaïques du Liban In: Bulletin du Musée de Beyrouth (Parisiis, 1958-59)
 W. Heckel, "Philip and Olympias (337/6 B.C.)" in Classical Contributions: Studies in Honour of M.F. McGregor (Locust Valley, 1981) pp. 51-57 
 Werner Huß: Ägypten in hellenistischer Zeit 332–30 v. Chr. Monaci 2001, p. 129-138. ISBN 3-406-47154-4
 Siegfried Lauffer: Alexander der Große. 3a ed. Monaci 1993, p. 21-25; 35ss.; 39s.; 57; 89; 176.
 G.H. Macurdy, Hellenistic Queens. Baltimorae, 1932
 Sabine Müller, recensio operis  in Gnomon vol. 80 (2008) pp. 521-526 JSTOR
 Sabine Müller, "Argead women" in Elizabeth D. Carney, Sabine Müller, edd., The Routledge companion to women and monarchy in the ancient Mediterranean world (Londinii: Routledge, 2021) pp. 294-306
 Daniel Ogden, Polygamy, prostitutes and death: the Hellenistic dynasties (Londinii: Duckworth, 1999) pp. 17-29 et alibi
 D. J. A. Ross: Olympias and the Serpent In: Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, Vol. 26 (1963)
 Reinhold Schneider, "Olympias, die Mutter Alexanders des Großen" in Gymnasium zu Zwickau: Jahresbericht (1884/1885)
 Hermann Strasburger: "Olympias (5)". In: . Vol. XVIII,1, Stuttgardiae 1939, Col. 177–182.

 Nexus externi 

Jona Lendering: Olympias. In: Livius.org (Anglice)
 Olympias apud genealogie-mittelalter.de (Hellenismus)
 Clipeus "Abukir" dictus Olympiadis cum sceptro (Münzkabinett der staatlichen Museen zu Berlin)

Categoria:Macedones antiqui
Categoria:Nati saeculo 4 a.C.n.
Categoria:Mortui 316 a.C.n.
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Categoria:Philippus II (Macedonum rex)
Categoria:Alexander Magnus