Olimpiada ( dr. Greek Ολυμπιάδα ; 3rd century BC ) is the daughter of the Epirus king Pyrrhus and his first wife Antigone of Epirus , the wife of the king Epirus Alexander II and the regent of their sons Pyrrhus II and Ptolemy .
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| Ολυμπιάδα | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Alexander II | ||||||
| Successor | Pierre II | ||||||
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| Death | OK. 229 BC e. | ||||||
| Father | Pyrrhus | ||||||
| Mother | Antigone of Epirus | ||||||
| Spouse | Alexander II | ||||||
| Children | Phthia Pierre II Ptolemy | ||||||
Biography
The Olympics married her half-brother Alexander. After his death in 242 BC e. she took control of the state due to the infancy of her sons - Pyrrhus and Ptolemy. In order to prevent a war with Aetolia , whose ally Demetrius II had the intention to win back from Epirus Acarnania , captured earlier by Alexander II, the Olympics arranged a dynastic marriage of her daughter Phthia with Demetrius, for which he divorced his former wife [1] .
After the sons matured, Olympia handed over state control to them, but they soon died one after the other: first the eldest Pyrrhus died, and then after him Ptolemy [1] . According to Justin , the Olympics introduced itself shortly after the youngest son of grief [1] .
According to Athenaeus , Pyrrhus was associated with a heterosexual - Levkadyanka named Tiger, and the Olympics poisoned her with poison [2] .
After the interruption of the royal pyrrid clan on the male line, only two relatives of the Olympics survived: Nereid and Deidamia (Justin calls her Laodamia). Nereida married Gelon , the son of a Sicilian tyrant , and later gave birth to the son of Hieronymus , the last king of Syracuse . The fate of her younger sister, according to Justin and Polien, turned out to be tragic: she was torn to pieces by a crowd of people led by a certain Milon. The murder took place at the altar of Diana , from whom Deidamia sought protection. After such sacrilege, numerous troubles allegedly fell on the city - famine, crop failures, attacks of enemies, and Milon himself went crazy and died on the twelfth day [1] . But, according to Pausanias , Deidamia had no children, therefore, being at death, "she transferred power to the people."
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Mark Unian Justin . Epitome of the composition of Pompey Trog "The History of Philip." - T. XXVIII.1-3.
- ↑ Athenaeum . Feast of the Sages , 13. 56 .
Literature
William Smith Olym'pias // A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. - L .: Spottiswoode and Co., 1848.