Olympias (disambiguation)
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Olympias
(ca. 375–316 BC) was an Epirote princess, the fourth wife of King Philip II of Macedon and the mother of Alexander the Great.
Olympias may also refer to:
Olympias
Olympias was a Greek 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...
(ca. 375–316 BC) was an Epirote princess, the fourth wife of King Philip II of Macedon and the mother of Alexander the Great.
Olympias may also refer to:
People
- Olympias of Epirus (3rd century BC), an ancient Greek ruler
- Olympias the DeaconessOlympias the DeaconessSaint Olympias was a widow, deaconess and friend of Saint John Chrysostom. Born in Constantinople, circa 368, to a wealthy family, but was left orphaned at a young age. Olympias would later go on marry a man by the name of Nebridius, who was Prefect of Constantinople...
(ca. AD 368–408), or St. Olympias
Other uses
- Olympias (trireme)Olympias (trireme)Olympias is a reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme and an important example of experimental archaeology.She was constructed from 1985 to 1987 by a shipbuilder in Piraeus. Finance came from the Hellenic Navy and donors such as Frank Welsh . The building was advised by the historians J. S....
, a reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme - Olympias Papagou, the basketball team of PapagouPapagouPapagou is a suburb in the northeastern part of Athens, Greece. The city is named after Marshal Alexandros Papagos, a Greek Army General who served in the Second World War...
, a suburb of Athens, Greece