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Alexander the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Alexander the Great was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and of his fourth wife, Epirote princess Olympias. |
 | | The assassin was supposedly a former lover of the king, the disgruntled young nobleman Pausanias, who held a grudge against Philip because the king had ignored a complaint he had expressed. |
 | | 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. |
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