Olympias

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Molossian princess ancient Greek noblewoman queen of Macedon

Olympias was a Molossian princess and fourth wife of Philip II of Macedon, best known as the powerful and politically influential mother of Alexander the Great.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Olympias canonical	23
Olympias of Epirus	5

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Molossian princess ⓘ ancient Greek noblewoman ⓘ queen of Macedon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Myrtilus ⓘ surface form: Myrtale Polyxena ⓘ
associatedWith	Epirus ⓘ Macedon ⓘ Dionysian Mysteries ⓘ surface form: cult of Dionysus
birthPlace	Epirus ⓘ
causeOfDeath	execution ⓘ
child	Alexander the Great ⓘ Cleopatra of Macedon ⓘ
conflict	Macedonian succession wars after Alexander’s death ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Epirus ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Epirus Macedon ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Macedon
culture	ancient Greek ⓘ
dateOfDeath	316 BC ⓘ
deathPlace	Pydna ⓘ
enemy	Cassander of Macedon ⓘ surface form: Cassander Eurydice II of Macedon ⓘ
ethnicity	Molossian ⓘ
father	Neoptolemus I of Epirus ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
givenName	Olympias self-link ⓘ
house	Aeacidae ⓘ Argead dynasty ⓘ surface form: Argead dynasty (by marriage)
influenced	early life and education of Alexander the Great ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	stoning ⓘ
mother	unknown ⓘ
notableEvent	involvement in the murder of Philip III Arrhidaeus ⓘ marriage alliance between Epirus and Macedon ⓘ
notableFamily	Aeacid dynasty by birth ⓘ Argead dynasty by marriage ⓘ
notableWork	political influence in Macedon and Epirus ⓘ
notedFor	being the mother of Alexander the Great ⓘ political influence in Macedonian succession struggles ⓘ
positionHeld	Queen consort of Macedon ⓘ Regent of Macedon ⓘ
predecessor	Eurydice I ⓘ surface form: Eurydice I of Macedon as queen consort
relative	Alexander of Epirus ⓘ surface form: Alexander I of Epirus Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
spouse	Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
successor	Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon as queen consort ⓘ
timePeriod	4th century BC ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander the Great → mother → Olympias ⓘ

Adventure Story → hasCharacter → Olympias ⓘ

Philippeion → dedicatedTo → Olympias ⓘ

Malthace → child → Olympias ⓘ

Olympias → givenName → Olympias self-link ⓘ

Philip II of Macedon → spouse → Olympias ⓘ

this entity surface form: Olympias of Epirus

Philip III Arrhidaeus → killedByOrderOf → Olympias ⓘ

Alexander IV of Macedon → grandmother → Olympias ⓘ

Alexander IV of Macedon → paternalGrandmother → Olympias ⓘ

Macedonian court → associatedWith → Olympias ⓘ

Cassander of Macedon → opponent → Olympias ⓘ

Cassander of Macedon → orderedExecutionOf → Olympias ⓘ

Thessalonike of Macedon → relative → Olympias ⓘ

Alexander (2004 film) → portrays → Olympias ⓘ

Alexander of Epirus → sibling → Olympias ⓘ

Great Gods of Samothrace → associatedWith → Olympias ⓘ

Polyxena → alternateNameOf → Olympias ⓘ

Neoptolemus I of Epirus → notableRelative → Olympias ⓘ

this entity surface form: Olympias of Epirus

Neoptolemus I of Epirus → child → Olympias ⓘ

this entity surface form: Olympias of Epirus

Cleopatra of Macedon → mother → Olympias ⓘ

this entity surface form: Olympias of Epirus

Aeacidae → associatedWithFigure → Olympias ⓘ

Aeacidae → hasNotableMember → Olympias ⓘ

Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon as queen consort → associatedWith → Olympias ⓘ

subject surface form: Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon

this entity surface form: Olympias of Epirus

Eurydice II of Macedon → killedBy → Olympias ⓘ

Eurydice II of Macedon → relatedTo → Olympias ⓘ

Barsine → notableFamilyMember → Olympias ⓘ

Polyperchon → supported → Olympias ⓘ

Alexander III of Macedon → mother → Olympias ⓘ