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