Olimpia

Macedonia, 357 BC. The young princess of Epirus, Myrtale, takes up residence in the palace of Pella after her marriage to Philip, King of Macedonia. They have forged an unparalleled alliance between their respective kingdoms, but Myrtale soon encounters obstacles adapting to a court where she must live alongside Philip's other wives. Furthermore, her fondness for snakes generates disapproval from some aristocrats and nobles, including her own husband. A year later, Myrtale gives birth to a son and changes her name to Olympias, thus beginning a period in which her highest priority is the survival of her dynasty. Ambitious and unconventional, Olympias overcomes all difficulties and defies anyone who threatens her interests. Olympia is the portrait of a woman who transcended the gender roles of her time to raise her dynasty to glory. Feared by her contemporaries and reviled by history, she was the one truly responsible for Alexander the Great's reign in Macedonia.