Neoptolemus I of Epirus

Neoptolemus I
Born	Neoptolemus I
Title	King of Epirus
Religion	Ancient Greek religion
Children	King Alexander I of Epirus Queen Olympias
Parents	Alcetas I (father)
Relatives	Arymbas (brother) Alexander the Great (grandson)

Neoptolemus I of Epirus (Greek: Νεοπτόλεμος Α' Ηπείρου) (370 BC – 357 BC) king of Epirus was son of Alcetas I, and father of Alexander I of Epirus and Queen Olympias. He was maternal grandfather of Alexander the Great. On the death of Alcetas, Neoptolemus and his brother Arymbas agreed to divide the kingdom, and continued to rule their respective portions without any interruption of the harmony between them, until the death of Neoptolemus, which, according to Droysen, may be placed about 360 BC.

References

• Pausanias i. 11. §§ 1, 3
• Justin vii. 6. § 10, xvii. 3. § 14
• Droysen, Hellenismus, vol. i. p. 250

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).

External links

• Genealogical Tree

Preceded by Alcetas I

King of Epirus with Arymbas 370–357 BC

Succeeded by Arymbas

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Name	Neoptolemus 01 Of Epirus
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