Editing Olympias (section)

==Iconography==
A medal bearing the name "Olympias" was found in 1902 at [[Abu Qir]], [[Egypt]] that dates back to AD 225–250,<ref name=walters>{{cite web|title=Medallion with Olympias · The Walters Art Museum · Works of Art|url=http://art.thewalters.org/detail/35838|work=Part of three browsing collections. Creator: Roman. Medium: Coins & Medals. Location: Ancient Treasury|access-date=20 August 2012|author=Thewalters.org|author-link=Walters Art Museum|location=Baltimore, Maryland, USA|quote=Together with 59.1 and 59.3, this piece is part of a series of large gold medallions that was commissioned to honor Emperor Caracalla, representing him as the descendant of Alexander the Great. These medallions, found at Aboukir in Upper Egypt, demonstrate the artistry and technical prowess achieved by an imperial mint, perhaps that of Ephesus or Perinthus (both cities in western Asia Minor). Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, is depicted here in profile. The back shows a "nereid" (sea nymph), perhaps Thetis, the mother of Achilles, riding on a hippocamp, a mythical sea-creature. Thus, the medallion forms part of a double comparison: Caracalla is compared to Alexander, the conqueror of the East; Alexander is compared to Achilles, a hero of the Trojan War.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125085848/http://art.thewalters.org/detail/35838|archive-date=25 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and belongs to the Archaeological Museum of [[Thessaloniki]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amth.gr/en/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/gold-macedon|title=The Gold of Macedon {{!}} ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF THESSALONIKI|website=www.amth.gr|date=14 September 2015 |language=en|access-date=2018-01-29}}</ref> The reverse shows a [[Nereid]] mounted on a fantastic sea creature. It had been suggested that the Olympias depicted on the medal was Queen Olympias, but this theory has been challenged. The name ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΔΟΣ is thought to refer to the [[Olympiad]]s instead.<ref>[[Jean Gagé]], ''Alexandre le Grand en Macédoine dans la Ière moitié du IIIe siècle ap. J.-C.'', Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, Vol. 24, No. 1 (1st Qtr., 1975), pp. 1-16</ref>