Olympias

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Princess of Epirus

Olympias (Greek: Ὀλυμπιάς, pronounced [olympias], c. 375–316 BC) was a princess of Epirus, 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, and it is suggested by the 1st century AD biographer, Plutarch, that she may have slept with snakes.

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	Alexander: Child of a Dream (Aléxandros, #1) by Valerio Massimo Manfredi 4.10 avg rating — 9,546 ratings — published 1998 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sands of Ammon (Aléxandros, #2) by Valerio Massimo Manfredi 4.15 avg rating — 7,349 ratings — published 1998 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian 4.17 avg rating — 5,332 ratings — published 150 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon 3.49 avg rating — 3,407 ratings — published 2009 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rise (Dancing with the Lion #2) by Jeanne Reames (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 2019 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Hail the Queen: Twenty Women Who Ruled by Shweta Jha 3.52 avg rating — 186 ratings add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Murder in Macedon (Mystery of Alexander the Great, #1) by Anna Apostolou 3.21 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1997 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alexander the Great: Legacy of a Conqueror by Winthrop Lindsay Adams 3.50 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2004 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women and Monarchy in Macedonia (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture) by Elizabeth Donnelly Carney 3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2000 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Monarchicke Tragedies by William Alexander 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1604 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars