Olympias (Epirota)

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Olympias (Graece: Ὀλυμπιάς; 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. Circa annum 357 a.C.n. Philippo II, Macedonum regi, nupsit et Alexandrum Magnum peperit.

Olympias (Epirota)

Res apud Vicidata repertae:

Olympias (Epirota): imago

Nativitas: 375 a.C.n.; Passaron
Obitus: 316 a.C.n.; Pydna
Patria: Macedonia

Officium

Munus: politicus

Familia

Genitores: Neoptolemus I of Epirus;
Coniunx: Philippus II
Proles: Alexander Magnus, Cleopatra (Philippi II filia)
Familia: list of the kings of Ancient Epirus

Iuppiter Olympiadem seducit. Parietum pictura a Iulio Romano inter annos 1526-1534 Mantuae (in Palazzo del Te) confecta.

Fontes

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

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 Helmut Berve, Das Alexanderreich auf prosopographischer Grundlage (Monaci: Beck, 1926) 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, Olympias, Mother of Alexander the Great. Londinii: Routledge, 2006
• 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 Carney (2006) 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: Paulys Real-Enzyklopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft edd. G. Wissowa et alii (Stuttgart, 1893-1972 ~ ~). 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)

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