Olympias tomb in Pydna??
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:27 pm
Hello all,
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As we all know Olympias was murdered in Pydna. During last century a couple of incriptions were found in the vicinity of Pydna which refer to the tomb of Olympias and her descedants.
One example is on June of 1937, where Charles Edson discovered the following inscription in Makris Giallos, Greece.
Its greek writing in better view:
Its translation from greek to English is :
"Aeacid is my race, Neoptolemus is my father , my name is Alcimachus, of those coming from Olympias.
As a child whose intelligence was equal to that of men, Fate placed me at the age of three a corpse beneath this tomb."
Alcimachus therefore was a descendant of Alexander the great from his mother side and in addition, the rest of inscriptions found around Pydna, indicate that members of Epirote royal house were living in at Pydna in the 2nd century BC after the roman conquest of Macedonia (source: Encyclopedia Of Ancient Greece
By Nigel Wilson).
It is possible to assume that since Alexander's maternal Aeacid descendants were burried in Pydna, so was Olympias. After all it was the place where she lost her life.
Has anyone got any more thoughts/infos about the issue?
Regards
First post here and this place seems really great.
As we all know Olympias was murdered in Pydna. During last century a couple of incriptions were found in the vicinity of Pydna which refer to the tomb of Olympias and her descedants.
One example is on June of 1937, where Charles Edson discovered the following inscription in Makris Giallos, Greece.
Its greek writing in better view:
Its translation from greek to English is :
"Aeacid is my race, Neoptolemus is my father , my name is Alcimachus, of those coming from Olympias.
As a child whose intelligence was equal to that of men, Fate placed me at the age of three a corpse beneath this tomb."
Alcimachus therefore was a descendant of Alexander the great from his mother side and in addition, the rest of inscriptions found around Pydna, indicate that members of Epirote royal house were living in at Pydna in the 2nd century BC after the roman conquest of Macedonia (source: Encyclopedia Of Ancient Greece
By Nigel Wilson).
It is possible to assume that since Alexander's maternal Aeacid descendants were burried in Pydna, so was Olympias. After all it was the place where she lost her life.
Has anyone got any more thoughts/infos about the issue?
Regards