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AMYNTAS II . (or III.), son of Arrhidaeus, See also:great-See also:grandson of See also:Alexander I., See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Macedonia from 393 (or 389) to 369 B.C.
He came to the See also:throne after the ten years of confusion which followed the See also:death of See also:Archelaus, the See also:patron of See also:art and literature, and showed the same See also:taste for See also:Greek culture and its representatives. But he had many enemies at See also:home; in 383 he was driven out by the Illyrians, but in the following See also:year, with the aid of the Thessalians, he recovered his See also:kingdom. He concluded a treaty with the Spartans, who assisted him to reduce See also:Olynthus (379)• He also entered into a See also:league with See also:Jason of Pherae, and assiduously cultivated the friendship of See also:Athens. By his wife, See also:Eurydice, he had three sons, the youngest of whom was the famous See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip of Macedon.
Diodorus xiv. 89, xv. 19, 6o; See also:Xenophon, Hellenica, v. 2; See also:Justin vii. 4.
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