Editing Olympias (section)

==In popular culture==
* Olympias was portrayed by French actress [[Danielle Darrieux]] in the 1956 film ''[[Alexander the Great (1956 film)|Alexander the Great]]'', a historical epic which starred [[Richard Burton]] as Alexander and [[Fredric March]] as his father.
* Olympias appears in [[Maurice Druon]]'s 1960 novel ''Alexander the God''.
* Olympias is a character in ''The Young Alexander the Great'' (1960) by [[Naomi Mitchison]]. 
* Olympias appears in ''The Conqueror'' (1962) by [[Edison Marshall]].
* Olympias is a character in [[Aubrey Menen]]'s ''A Conspiracy of Women'' (1965).
* Olympias is a major character in two of the three [[historical fiction|novels]] of [[Mary Renault]]'s acclaimed Alexander Trilogy, ''[[Fire from Heaven]]'' (1969) and ''[[Funeral Games (novel)|Funeral Games]]'' (1981). Olympias is frequently referenced in the second novel of the [[trilogy]], ''[[The Persian Boy]]'' (1972).
* Olympias is the subject of Michael A. Dimitri's 1993 novel ''The Daughter of Neoptolemus''.
* Olympias is a character in [[Valerio Massimo Manfredi]]'s 2001 novel ''Alexander: Child of a Dream''.
* [[Angelina Jolie]] starred as Olympias in [[Oliver Stone]]'s 2004 film ''[[Alexander (2004 film)|Alexander]]'', which co-starred [[Colin Farrell]] as Alexander and [[Val Kilmer]] as [[Philip II of Macedon|Philip]].
* Olympias appears in ''Empire of Ashes: A Novel of Alexander the Great'' (2004) by [[Nicholas Nicastro]] 
* Olympias is a character in ''The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great'' (2005), by [[Steven Pressfield]], told in the first person by Alexander.
* Olympias is the subject of [[Judith Tarr]]'s 2008 novel ''Bring Down the Sun (Alexander the Great #2)''.
* Olympias appears in the fictional biography of Alexander ''God of War'' (2012) by [[Christian Cameron]].
* Olympias also appears in the Indian series ''[[Porus (TV series)|Porus]]'', portrayed by [[Sameksha]].
* Olympias (called Myrtale, her earlier name) appears in Jeanne Reames's duology ''Dancing with the Lion'' (2019).
* Olympias is also the name of the queen of Macedonia in the manga "[[Historie]]" by [[Hitoshi Iwaaki]].
* Olympias appears a character in [[Horrible Histories (2015 TV series)|Horrible Histories]] in a skit named "Made in Macedonia".