Olympias (Epirota)
Olympias (Graece: ; 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.

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

Notae

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  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, "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  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: . 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)

Macedones antiqui
Nati saeculo 4 a.C.n.
Mortui 316 a.C.n.
Mulieres
Philippus II (Macedonum rex)
Alexander Magnus