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The Ancient Ophidian Iconography Resource (Mundus Vetus, 3000 BC - 650 AD) |
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Search Functionality Demonstration| SCULPTURES & RELIEFS ● ADORNMENTS & TOOLS ● COINS ● VASES ● PAINTINGS & MOSAICS ● MANUSCRIPTS |
| ◀ Set 000 of 003 | OLYMPIAS: GALLERY | LIBRARY | REGISTRY | Set 002 of 003 ▶ |
| Set III-5-oly-001. Olympias (375-316 BC) was a daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus (r. 361-360 BC), the fourth wife of the king of Macedonia, Philip II (r. 359-336 BC), and mother of Alexander the Great (r. 336-323 BC). She was also known by the names of Polyxena and Myrtale. Olympias was a devout member of the orgiastic serpent-worshiping cult of Dionysos. It was even suggested, that she may have slept with snakes, what in a legendary tradition was linked to her pregnancy and following birth of Alexander the Great.
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| Source-Image(s): The set is researched, compiled, and designed by Alexei Alexeev. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page. The general list of the compendium's images' sources is available on the Sources introductory page. |
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