Olympias (English spelling)

Japanese: オリュンピアス（英語表記）Olympias

[Born] Around 375 B.C.
[Died] 316 BCE
She was the first wife of Philip II of Macedonia. She was the mother of Alexander III (the Great). She was the daughter of Neoptolemus, King of Epirus. During the Great's campaigns, she fought with Antipater, who had been entrusted with the governance of Macedonia, and stayed in Epirus. After the deaths of Alexander and Antipater, she took control of the country as regent for Alexander IV, the Great's surviving son, in 319 BC. In 317 BC, she murdered Philip III Arrhidaeus, the Great's half-brother with a mental disability, and his wife, but was executed after his defeat by Cassander in 316 BC.

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Japanese:

[生]前375頃
[没]前316
マケドニア王フィリッポス2世の最初の妃。アレクサンドロス3世 (大王) の母。エピルス王ネオプトレモスの娘。大王の遠征中，マケドニアの統治を委任されていたアンチパトロスと争い，エピルスに引きこもっていたが，大王とアンチパトロスの死後，前 319年大王の遺児アレクサンドロス4世の摂政として実権を掌握。前 317年大王の異母兄で知的障害をもつフィリッポス3世アリダイオスとその妃を殺害したが，前 316年カサンドロスに敗れたのち処刑された。

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