Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great, died in 317 BC. She was the daughter of the king of Epirus and the fourth wife of Philip II of Macedon. Olympias was a devoted follower of the cult of Dionysus and came from the royal Aeacidae family of Epirus.

1. 317 B.C. Death of Olympias
• Olympias was a daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, the fourth wife
of the king of Macedonia, Philip II, and mother of Alexander the Great.
• She was a devout member of the orgiastic snake-worshiping cult of
Dionysus.
• Her family belonged to the Aeacidae.
• Source: http://www.ancient.eu/Olympias/