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317 B.C. Death of Olympias • Olympias was a 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. • Her family belonged to the Aeacidae. • Source: http://www.ancient.eu/Olympias/
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317 B.C. Death of Olympias
• Olympias was a 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.
• Her family belonged to the Aeacidae.
• Source: http://www.ancient.eu/Olympias/