Olympias Alexander the Great's mother
There is a saying that behind every great man, is an even greater woman, this phrase fits perfectly for the mother of Alexander the Great, Olympias. Olympias, I believed is overlooked and overshadowed by her son Alexander and her ex-husband Philip. Olympias is the unexpected warrior woman; she only takes the role of the warrior woman after her son is dead. She is the reluctant warrior who becomes warrior queen only to make sure her grandson and his mother Roxana was safe and that Alexander’s son not one of his generals becomes ruler of his empire. According to Jona Lendering, Olympias (c.375-316) who was an Epirote princess married Philip of Macedonia in 357, this was a marriage of political strengthening. This was the year after King Philip had a chariot race during the Olympic Games in which he was victorious and therefore, she received the name Olympias and the same summer she gave birth to her first-born Alexander (Lendering 2000). . In ancient times people believed that a