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  1. Olympias

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    Origins and Marriage
    Olympias was born a princess of Epirus, the daughter of King Neoptolemus I of Epirus. Her lineage connected the Macedonian royal house to the Molossian tribe and, through them, to mythical heroes such as Achilles, a connection Olympias and her son frequently emphasized. Her marriage to Philip II, which occurred around 357 BCE, was part of Philip's broader strategy to consolidate alliances in northwestern Greece.
    The union was famously fraught with tension, largely due to Philip's numerous subsequent marriages a…