Molossian court 11–12, 17; alliance
Neoptolemus (at court of Philip)
with Molossia 13–14; Aeacids at
29–30, 54
29–30; circumstances of royal
Nicaea (daughter of Antipater) 66
women in 30–1, 35; xenophobia of
Nicesipolis (wife of Philip) 21, 22, 147
218 Index
Oakley, J.H. 159
Alexander 63; blames Antipater for
Ogden, D. 25, 34, 149, 154, 179
death of Alexander 63–4, 71–2, 77,
Oikonomedes, A. 187
79; wealth of 65; seeking military
Olympia 110; Philippeum 25, 101,
support 65–6, 67, 71; remarriage of
109, 135, 186
Cleopatra 65–7; asked to return to
Olympias 9, 35; effect of heroic
Macedonia 68–71, 74–5; epimeleia
ancestry on 6, 15, 17–18, 63, 85,
of grandson 68, 70; alliance with
86; religiosity of 7, 91–2, 95–6,
Polyperchon 69–70, 71, 73, 74, 87;
97–8, 99–100; mother of 9;
and Cassander 71–2, 79–84, 173–4;
betrothal to Philip 12, 13–14;
and Adea Eurydice 72–3, 74; goes
marriage to Philip 12, 14–15,
into battle dressed as a Bacchant
17–18; wife of Philip 12–15, 19,
97, 99; violence of after defeat of
21, 22, 23; dishonor to 14, 36, 37;
Adea Eurydice 75–9, 87, 129;
names of 15–16, 93–4, 95, 181;
murder of Adea Eurydice and Philip
implication in murder of Philip 19,
Arrhidaeus 75, 76; murders of
39–40; arrival in Macedonia 20; in
Cassander’s brothers and friends
exile 21, 32, 35–6; co-wives 22;
75, 77; disturbs grave of Iolaus 75,
dominant position of 24–5, 27 use
76, 78; motivation for brutal acts
of pharmaka 25, 92, 134; children
79; besieged in Pydna 80–1; troops
of 26, 134; estrangement from
desert 81; erosion of support for
Philip 26, 27; sleeping with a snake
81–2, 87; trial of 82–4, 127; death
26; relationship with Alexander
of 80, 82, 85, 87, 108, 136, 175;
27–8, 41, 42, 49, 50, 55, 112;
refused burial 84, 85; burial of 87,
relationship with Cleopatra 28;
104; use of magic 92–3; shaping of
relationship with brother Alexander
public image 92–3, 96, 99–100; use
28–9; allies in Macedonian court
of snakes 93, 100, 118–19; and
29–30, 31; and friends of
Dionysaic cult 96, 97–8, 99–100;
Alexander 30; and Antipater 30;
ruler cult 101–3, 112, 186; statues
advises Alexander to buy slave with
of 101, 108, 109, 110, 113; believes
cooking skills 31, 95; accused of
Alexander to be son of a god 103,
adultery 34, 112, 113;
119; tomb of 104, 105; reputation
reconciliation with Philip 37;
of 104, 105 (in Molossia 105–7; in
reaction to marriage plans for
Macedonia 108–9; in rest of Greece
Arrhidaeus 37, 38; influence on
109); in Liber de Morte 110; in
Alexander during his reign 42;
Alexander Romance 110–13;
implication in death of Cleopatra
physical images of 113–17, 118,
and Europa 43–7, 135; and
120–4, 146; references to in Roman
Alexander’s marriage 48;
world 118–19, 120–2, 124
correspondence with Alexander 49,
Olympias II 7, 105, 107, 163, 188
53–4, 55, 56–7, 112; public role of
Omphale, depiction of Olympias as
49–50, 50–1; sources of power 50;
122–3
involvement in diplomacy 50;
O’Neil, J.L. 156, 170, 174
benefactions 50–1; receives grain
Orphism 98, 99
51, 52; return to Molossia 51, 52;
feud with Antipater 52, 53, 57–9,
Pammenes 150
66, 67–8, 81, 162–3; friendships
Papisca, M. 190
54; influence at court 55; attacks on
Parke, H.W. 178
individuals/groups 55; informed on
Parmenio 30, 34, 48, 56, 69, 157,
domestic and foreign affairs 55;
165
advice for Alexander 5, 56–7; role
patricide 156
in downfall of Lyncestrian
patronage 92, 180
Alexander 56; quarrel with
Pausanias (geographer) 10, 72, 75–6,
Hephaestion 57, 126, 167; death of
81, 82, 101, 135, 143, 144, 162,
Alexander 59, 62–3; lament for
172; on death of Cleopatra 44, 135,
Index 219
153; on disturbing graves 76–7; on
removal of statues of Olympias and
Aeacides 106; on death of Olympias
Eurydice 109
175
Philotas 48, 55, 59, 165
Pausansias (lover of Alexander) 33, 38,
Phthia (wife of Admetus) 7, 9
111; rape of 38, 45, 132; murder of
Phthia (wife of Aeacides) 169
Philip 38–9, 40–1, 112
Pindar 5, 140
Pella 20, 30, 183
Pixodarus 37–8, 54, 131, 155
Peloponnesian War 9
Pliny 180
Perdiccas III (brother of Philip) 19, 72,
Plutarch 8, 15, 24, 27, 70, 132, 142,
145
143, 144, 151, 155, 169, 183; on
Perdiccas (royal bodyguard) 45, 54,
marriage of Philip and Olympias
62, 76, 77, 152; regent 62;
12; on Olympia’s use of magic 25,
marriage to Nicaea 66; death of 66,
92, 93; on Olympias’ relationship
86
with Philip 26; wedding symposium
Perrhaebia 80
31–2, 35, 133; treatment of
Persian court 37–8
Olympias 35, 132–5, 137, 187; and
Persian Empire 19, 48
reconciliation 37, 133; on accession
Persians, and Philip’s murder 40
of Alexander 42, 43; on death of
pharmaka (drugs/spells) 25, 92, 134
Cleopatra and Europa 43–4, 45,
phiale, dedication of 95
47; on powers of Olympias 50; on
Phila (wife of Philip) 21, 22, 24
Antipater 53, 133, 163; Alexander’s
philia (friendship) 50, 51–2
gift-giving 56–7, 166–7; on death of
Philinna (wife of Philip) 21, 24–5, 149
Alexander 63, 64; on remarriage of
Philip II of Macedonia 6, 134;
Cleopatra 65, 66; post-victory
betrothal and marriage to Olympias
behaviour of Olympias 75, 77, 133;
12–15, 94; accession to throne 13,
on betrothal of Olympias 94; and
20; importance of Molossian
Dionysaic cult 97–8, 99;
alliance 13, 29, 37; other wives of
Alexander’s divine status 102, 132,
17, 21–4; Alexander as heir 19, 25;
133; Alexander 132, 133, 135;
murder of 19, 38–41, 128; military
Moralia 132, 133–4; on
successes 20; status of wives 22–4;
correspondence between Olympias
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and Philippeum 25, 101; sexual
and Alexander 133; mental
relations with men 26, 27;
incapacity of Philip Arrhidaeus 149;
relationship with Alexander 27–8,
on Harpalus 162; on Pixodarus
38; reconciliation with Olympias
affair 165; and Eumenes 195
and Alexander 27, 37; and
Polyaenus 170, 174, 184
Alexander of Molossia 28–9;
polygamy 10, 21, 22–3, 35; and status
marriage to Cleopatra 31, 33, 34;
of wives 22–3, 23–4, 25–6, 148
wedding symposium 31–2, 133;
Polyperchon 54, 71, 74, 110, 126;
fails to defend Alexander against
Antipater leaves command of army
Attalus 32–3; and Attalus 33–4;
to 68, 69; offer to Olympias to
suspects Olympias of adultery 92,
return to Macedonia 69–70;
102, 111; and Dionysaic cult 98;
desertion of troops 80, 81
divine status of 100–1; religious
Polyxena (other name of Olympias) 6,
belief 185
15, 16, 93
Philip (brother of Cassander) 106
Pomeroy, S. 16, 141, 146
Philip (son of Cassander) 108
Pompeius Trogus 128
Philip Arrhidaeus (son of Philip) 21,
Priam 5
34, 171, 181; mental capacity of
primogeniture 23
24–5, 92, 133, 149, 155; proposed
prostasia 70
marriage 37, 72; and succession
Ptolemy (son of Agesarchus) 25
61, 62; regent for 73; death of
Ptolemy (friend of Alexander) 54, 129,
75–6, 79
131, 165
Philippeum 25, 101, 135, 186;
Ptolemy (father-in-law of Pyrrhus) 107
220 Index
Pydna, siege of 80–1, 104
Siwah, oracle of Zeus Ammon at 48,
Pyrrhus (Olympias’ great-nephew) 10,
102
11, 77, 105, 106–7, 142, 151, 164,
slavery 31, 182
172; death of 47
Smith, R.R. 190
snakes 118–19, 122, 179, 192; use of
regents, women as 7
in ritual 92, 93, 100
regicide 11, 39, 64, 78
spells 25, 92–3
religion, prominence of women in 50,
somatophulakes (bodyguards) 138,
88–9, 90, 94, 96
151
Reuss, F. 145, 169
Spencer, D. 191
Rhodes 110
Stateira (wife of Alexander) 45
Robertson, N. 185
statues of Olympias 101, 108, 109,
Robinson, D.M. 188
110, 113
Roisman, J. 167
Stewart, A. 191
Roman world: Second Sophistic period
stoning 82, 174
109, 117–18, 131–2; origin of
Stratonice (other name of Olympias)
knowledge of Alexander 117–20,
16
122–4; references to Olympias in
successions 23, 27–8, 42; Aeacid
118–19, 120–2, 124
10–11; after Philip 32–3, 148, 153;
Ross, D.J. 124, 193
deaths following 43–4; after
Roxane (wife of Alexander) 45, 108,
Alexander 61–2
114, 173; marriage to Alexander
Successors 60, 61, 73, 75, 85, 117,
49; son of 61, 62; imprisoned by
138; seeking marriage with
Cassander 84; and Olympias 112
Cleopatra 67; Olympias’ lack of
royal women 35, 135–6; heroic lineage
faith in 71; legitimacy of 78, 86
6; expectations of 6–8, 46; as
Suetonius 191
marriage brokers 14; ties to birth
symposia (drinking parties): women
families 15; role in international
attending 8; at wedding of Philip
relations 50–1, 51–2; religious
and Cleopatra 31–2
activity 50, 88–9, 90, 94, 96, 182;
role in public funerary ritual 63;
Tauriscus 162
images of 113–14; 113–14; heroic
temples, reconstruction of 178
deaths 135–6; as priestesses 177
Tharyps, king of Molossia 9, 140
Royal Youths 20, 49, 138, 165, 175
Thebans 40, 43
Thebe 151
Saatsoglou-Paliadeli, C. 177, 179, 185
Themistocles 7, 9, 176
Sabulinthus 9
Theopompus 6
Sacks, K. 194
Thermopylae, pass of 80
St Petersburg cameo 114–15, 116
Thesmophoria 28
Samothrace 12, 13, 93, 180; betrothal
Thessalonice (daughter of Philip) 21,
of Philip and Olympias at 93, 94;
22, 173; marriage to Cassander
cult initiation at 94–5; building
108, 170
programme 95
Thessalonice (family of Alexander) 110
Sardis 66
Thessaly 21, 22
Satyrus 145, 147, 153, 154, 156; life
Thetis 63, 121, 192
of Philip II 21–2; on wedding
Thrace 21, 22, 443
symposium 32
Thucydides 7
Septimius Severus 118, 120
Tod, M.N. 140
sexuality: homosexuality 26–7, 29, 36;
tomb of Olympias 104, 105
of Olympias 111–12, 13
torture 76
shrines, dedications at 7, 14, 49, 55
Toynbee, J.M.C. 192
Silver Shields 70
treason 86
Simon, E. 191
trial of Olympias 82–4, 127
Sisygambis 166
Troas 9, 10, 144, 169
Index 221
vengeance 47, 64, 78, 79, 86
witchcraft 25, 92–3
Vergina 152; burials at 89, 90–1, 176;
women ( see also royal women):
Great Tumulus 108, 157; statue in
position in Greek world 6–7;
sanctuary of Eucleia 114, 179, 185
violence of 46, 78; worship of
Vermeule, E. 192
Dionysus 98–9; Plutarch’s attitude
Veroea 119
to 134
Vienna cameo 114–15
women priests 88, 90, 177
Vokotopoulou, J. 178
Zeitlin, F.I. 184
wealth of Olympias 65
Zeus 89, 91
Welles, C.B. 166, 167
Zeus Ammon 112, 113, 19; Alexander
Westlake, H.D. 194
believes himself to be son of 26, 48,
Whitehorne, J. 45, 153, 154, 158
102–3, 110, 119
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Book Cover
Half-Title
Series-Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Significant events
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Olympias the Molossian
2 Olympias, wife of Philip II
3 Olympias, mother of the king, Alexander the Great
4 Olympias on her own, 323-316
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