Alexander the Great’s mother Myrtale/Olympias was a devotee of a snake cult, too. I confess that I don’t know how far Epirus is from Scythia, but it can’t be too far, at least by American standards. A few hundred miles?
26 posted on 11/11/2018 8:37:20 PM PST by Tax-chick
("Kindness and truth shall meet." Ps. 85:10)