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Excerpt from Philip and Alexander of Macedon: Two Essays in Biography The heroes of these essays need no introduction, and I have no excuse for making them my theme if this book supplies none. I treat the two Makers of Macedon, not in proportion to their respective bulk in history, but to the number of books written already about them. Philip, so far as I know, supplies the central figure to no extant biography; Alexander has inspired a whole literature. My debts to previous students are obvious enough, even when not indicated in footnotes. I believe I have left very few works bearing on the subject unread, and my unconscious obligations must be many. I thank the authorities of the Departments of Coins and Medals and of Classical Antiquities at the British Museum, and also of the Cabinet des Médailles at Paris, for material supplied for my illustrations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.