alexander the great

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alexander the great - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Alexander the Great
      n 1: king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia;
           founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC) [syn: Alexander,
           Alexander the Great]

alexander the great - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Alexander the Great
  the king of Macedonia, the great conqueror; probably represented
  in Daniel by the "belly of brass" (Dan. 2:32), and the leopard
  and the he-goat (7:6; 11:3,4). He succeeded his father Philip,
  and died at the age of thirty-two from the effects of
  intemperance, B.C. 323. His empire was divided among his four
  generals.