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	Alexander of Macedon - WikIran
		And upon Alexander in his fourteenth year this sum of tradition was brought to bear through the person of the man who beyond all others had gathered it up into an organic whole: in 343-342 Aristotle came to Pella at Philip's bidding to direct the education of his son.
		Alexander turned, and near the town of Issus fought his second pitched battle, sending Darius and the relic of his army in wild flight back to the east.' It was an incident which did not modify Alexander's plan.
		Alexander the Great is one of the instances of the vanity of appealing from contemporary disputes to "the verdict of posterity"; his character and his policy are estimated to-day as variously as ever.
	www.wikiran.org /w/index.php?title=Alexander_of_Macedon (7828 words)

	Macedon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Macedon proper constituted the coast plain NW, N, and NE of the Chalcidice (now Khalkidhikí) peninsula; Upper Macedon was the highland to the west and the north of the plain.
		B.C. there was developing in W Macedon a political unit led by a Greek-speaking family, which assumed the title of king and aggrandized itself.
		Macedon, with Greece as a dependency, was one of the states carved out of the Alexandrian empire.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/Macedon.html (654 words)

	macancal3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alexander's superiority was immediately asserted at the Granicus (334), where a composite satrapal army was outmanoeuvred and its large mercenary phalanx exterminated.
		Alexander made Cilicia his base for the critical campaign and lured the vast Persian army into the narrow coastal plain south of Issus, where its numbers were ineffective.
		Alexander continued eastwards, crossing the rivers of the Punjab in the face of an increasing monsoonal deluge, until his troops' patience was exhausted.
	www.ucc.ie /staff/jprodr/macedonia/macancal3.html (2159 words)

	Alexander The Great - Crystalinks
		Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and of Epirote princess Olympias.
		At the ancient Phrygian capital of Gordium, Alexander "undid" the tangled Gordian knot, a feat said to await the future "king of Asia." According to the most vivid story, Alexander proclaimed that it did not matter how the knot was undone, and he hacked it apart with his sword.
		Alexander fought an epic battle against Porus, a ruler of a region in the Punjab in the Battle of Hydaspes in (326 BC).
	www.crystalinks.com /alexanderthegreat.html (3823 words)

	Greece and Macedon - Brunt
		Alexander succeeded him as tagos, and the Thessalian cavalry, the best in Greece, who were regularly stationed on his left wing in the great battles down to 331, were one of his most valuable units.
		Arrian occasionally indicates that Alexander himself was aware of such general discontent (i 7, 4; 18, 8; ii 26, 3) and of the need to terrorize the Greeks (i 29, 6), especially Athens and Sparta (ii 17).
		In the context of his general admiration for Alexander and uncritical reporting of his claim to be fighting for Greece, the reader is surely meant to feel that revolts and 'medism' were as treasonable as Alexander pretended.
	www.ancientmacedonia.com /GreeceandMacedon.htm (2220 words)

	Macedon - Phantis
		Macedon (or Macedonia from Greek Μακεδονία;) was the name of an ancient kingdom on the northern edge of ancient Greece, bordering the Greek kingdom of Epirus on the west and the non-Greek state of Thrace to the east.
		Philip's son Alexander III (the Great) (336-323 BC) managed to briefly extend Macedonian power not only over the central Greek city-states, but also to the Persian empire, including Egypt and lands as far east as the fringes of India.
		Under Philip V of Macedon (221–179 BC) and his son Perseus of Macedon (179–168), the kingdom clashed with the rising power of the Roman Republic.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Macedon (1813 words)

	ALEXANDER THE GREAT, Project by JJP
		Alexander was born at Pella in Macedonia in the late July of 356 BC, on the same day as the famous Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was burned.
		Alexander, Prince Regent 340 During Philip's expedition against the Byzantium in 340, Alexander, then sixteen years old was left in Macedonia in the charge of royal seal; Alexander in the mean time was not idle, he reduced the rebellious Maedi, a Thracian tribe to obedience.
		On Alexander reaching the oracle in its oasis, the priest gave him the traditional salutation of a pharaoh, as son of Ammon; Alexander consulted the oracle and : Oracle proclaimed Alexander the son of Deus - Amon (Zeus).
	1stmuse.com /frames (3166 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 116 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		ALEXANDER ('AX^avSpos) I., king of epirus, was the son of Neoptolemus and brother of Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great.
		Macedon and Epirus by Demetrius, the son of Antigonus; upon which he took refuge amongst the Acarnanians.
		On the death of Alexander, Olympias assumed the regency on behalf of her sons, and married Phthia to Demetrius.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0125.html (737 words)

	Macedon - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The poet Hesiod described "Macedon" as a son of Zeus and grandson of Deucalion, thus marking the land and its people as outlying tribes of the Greek world in his view.
		After Alexander's death the Macedonian empire fell apart during the wars of the Diadochi; in 276 BC Antigonus Gonatas established the Antigonid dynasty on the throne of a Macedon reduced to roughly its historical boundaries.
		Macedon was divided between the Upper, mountainous regions, and the Lower regions of the Emathian Plain, including the settlements on the Thermaic Gulf.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Macedonia (422 words)

	Fallacies and Facts
		When this was reported to Alexander, he quickly came out and saw their restrained disposition; he heard the majority of his soldiers crying and lamenting, and was moved to tears.
		Alexander’s lion is the lion's skin that Heracles killed in Nemea, which is one of the 12 deeds executed by the mythological hero.
		Alexander the Great had no reason to please anyone because the troops from South Greece were only 9,400, and as he admits, they only played a small part in the battle.
	www.greece.org /themis/macedonia/factseng.htm (6149 words)

	Royalty.nu - Alexander the Great, King of Macedon
		Alexander the Great's father, Philip, was the brother of King Perdiccas III of Macedon or Macedonia, in northern Greece.
		In the Absence of Alexander: Harpalus and the Failure of of Macedonian Authority by Christopher Blackwell.
		Alexander: A History of the Origin and Growth of the Art of War from the Earliest Times to the Battle of Ipsus, 301 BC by Theodore Ayrault Dodge.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/Balkan/Alexander.html (3945 words)

	The Great PIPER-L Landgrab: Macedonian Empire Developer's Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alexander sails his fleet into the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab, and is greeted ceremoniously by his newly acceded brother-in-law, Artaxerxes IV (r.
		Alexanderís infantry, however, is used with effect both in the field and in garrisoning mutually-supporting strongpoints.
		The war is complicated by the death of Alexander and the incursion of the Celts in eastern Europe.
	www.zarthani.net /Landgrab/MacedonianEmpire (1721 words)

	Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.
		Green, a Cambridge-trained classicist who is also a novelist, portrays Alexander as both a complex personality and a single-minded general, a man capable of such diverse expediencies as patricide or the massacre of civilians.
		This biography begins not with one of the universally known incidents of Alexander's life, but with an account of his father, Philip of Macedonia, whose many-territoried empire was the first on the continent of Europe to have an effectively centralized government and military.
		Athens and Macedon: Attic Letter-Cutters of 300 to 229 B.C., by Stephen V. Tracy
	www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/5597.html (633 words)

	MACEDONIA "Hellenic Throughout The Ages"
		The region is known for its rich history, engrossed in the depths of fables.
		According to one of many versions, Macedonia’s name derived from the name of one of its founders, the grandson of Deucalion, whose name was Macedon.
		Alexander, the father of Perdiccas, and his forefathers, who were originally Temenidae from Argos"
	www.macedonia.info (1388 words)

	Amazon.ca: Alexander (2-Disc Widescreen Special Edition) (2004): DVD: Oliver Stone,Rob Affleck,Féodor Atkine,Brian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The character of Alexander in history is one of mythology, one that was so powerful that it inspired the Roman leaders from Julius Caesar forward to global conquest (an irony of history is that the Roman Empire, which supposedly covered the 'known world', didn't cover half of Alexander's empire).
		Alexander is a man who inspired tens of thousands of men to follow him beyond the ends of the known world, but that doesn't quite come across on the film.
		By the time you see Alexander standing at the top of the Hindu Kush telling Ptolemy that every time he goes to a new country he peels away another layer of illusion, it is obvious that this movie is portraying Alexander's conquest as a creative and spiritual quest driven by deep personal needs.
	www.amazon.ca /Alexander-2-Disc-Widescreen-Special-Oliver/dp/B0009PLLO0 (3068 words)

	Battle of the Biographies (Alexander the Great on the Web) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B. : A Historical Biography by Peter Green.
		In Hammond's view a measure of Alexander's religiosity is demonstrated by the fact that he had made no arrangements for the transference of power at the time of his death because he believed that through prayer and sacrifice he would live.
		Alexander the Great by Ulrich Wilcken, with a useful preface by Borza.
	www.isidore-of-seville.com /alexander/12.html (1025 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alexander (Name of Seven Men)
		A member of the court that tried Peter and John (Acts 4:6); some identify him with Alexander Lysimachus the brother of Philo and friend of Claudius before he ascended the throne.
		A Jew or a Jewish Christian (Acts 19:33-34) who attempted to defend St. Paul in his Ephesian difficulty -- some identify him with the son of Simon of Cyrene.
		Some identify him with the Alexander mentioned under the preceding number.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01285a.htm (221 words)

	Heroes.
		Macedon and Rome is a computer moderated wargaming system for the ancients period covering the armies and enemies of Macedon and Rome from the time of Phillip of Macedon and Alexander the Great until the early Byzantine period.
		One major difference between Macedon and other current miniatures rule sets is the existence of Legionary, Phallangite and Horse Archer tactical styles as well as the normal Regular and Irregular styles.
		Macedon also provides the enhanced Windows usability that allows greater ease of use and faster play without the PC intruding into the players awareness.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Clinton_Reilly/Macedon.htm (2379 words)

	truth.macedonia.gr - Greek Propagandist Websites
		Alexander the Great speaks in front of the Macedonians of his army: "The Macedonians are going to judge your case," he said.
		Alexander was smart enough to keep this international Greek language for the Persians, Egyptians, Jews and all the nations of his empire to communicate.
		In a celebrated frangment he counselled Alexander 'to be a hegemon [leader] to the Greeks and a depot to the barbarians to look after the former as after frinds and relatives and to deal to the latter as with beasts and plants'." (Peter Green, "Alexander the Great", Weidenfield and Nicholson, 1971).
	www.ancientmacedonia.com /GreekPropagandistWebsites.html (11982 words)

	Alexander V of Macedon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		294 BC) was the son of Cassander who, along with his brother Antipater ruled as King of Macedon from 297 to 294 BC.
		Eventually, he was ousted by his brother, and turned to Demetrius I Poliorcetes for help in recovering his throne.
		Demetrius was successful in defeating Antipater, but instead of restoring Alexander, Demetrius had him murdered.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_V_of_Macedon (150 words)

	Macedonia - Province of the Roman Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Asia Minor fell quickly, and with a defeat of the Persian King Darius, in 333 BC the conquest of the Phoenician coasts, Palestine and Egypt were secured.
		At its peak Alexander's Empire stretched from Greece in the west, to Egypt in the south and all the way into Mesopotamia, Scythia and India in the east.
		The rebels overran Macedon in 150, attacked southern Greece in 149, but were finally crushed by the Romans in 148 under the praetor Metellus Macedonicus.
	www.unrv.com /provinces/macedonia.php (1459 words)

	Simmilarites Between Ancient Maedonian and Todays' Macedonian Culture
		Probably the most famous of all in the row of renown ancient Macedonians is Alexander The Great of Macedon, who was driven by his idea of a World State where all the people will live together in equality.
		In his biography of Marc Anthony, Plutarch mentioned that Macedonian was the mother tongue of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII and of her ancestors from the Macedonian dynasty Ptolemais12).
		Supporting this fact is the non-existence of not even a single inscription in Greek on the territory of Macedonia to be dated from and before V BC, which matches with the period prior to the partial adoption of the Greek culture in Macedonia.
	www.mymacedonia.net /ancient/simmilarites.htm (2300 words)

	Academic Articles (Alexander the Great on the Web) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		"The Dating of the Coinage of Alexander the Great" by Zoe Sophia Kontes, either a student or a faculty paper from the Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World.
		"Plutarch's Alexander and Philosophia" by Sulochana Ruth Asirvatham (1999 APA abstract)
		"The wounding of Alexander the Great in Cyropolis (329 BC): the first reported case of the syndrome of transient cortical blindness?" by J. Lascaratos (Medical School, Athens).
	www.isidore-of-seville.com /alexander/21.html (717 words)

	Polybius
		Ancient Sculpture Gallery has 9 different busts, statues, and plaques of Alexander the Great (including the famous Alexander Sarcophagus) and sculptures of Philip of Macedon, Demosthenes, Achilles, Hippocrates, Caesar, Apollo, Aphrodite, Heracles, Pan, Orpheus, Zeus, Artemis, Hermes, Dionysus, Athena, Perseus, Medusa, Eros, Centaur, Lapith, Nike, the Maenads, the Muses, the Graces, etc.
		Furthermore, the Macedonians were still wearing down the Greeks even into the times of Philip V. [Book XVIII, 1] Philip V from Macedon invites Flamininus (Roman commander) to explain what he, Philip, should do to have peace:
		And apart what was accomplished during Philip's lifetime, the successes that were achieved by Alexander after his father's death won for them a reputation for valour which has been universally recognized by posterity."....
	www.historyofmacedonia.org /AncientMacedonia/Polybius.html (900 words)

	AllRefer.com - Macedon (Ancient History, Greece) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Macedon (Ancient History, Greece) - Encyclopedia
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		Macedon proper constituted the coast plain NW, N, and NE of the Chalcidice (now KhalkidhikI) peninsula; Upper Macedon was the highland to the west and the north of the plain.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Macedon.html (213 words)

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