Philip and Alexander of Macedon - Two Essays in Biography

339 Pages·1897·8.24 MB·English

by  D. G. Hogarth

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AND ALEXANDER
PHILIP
OF MACEDON
TWO ESSAYS IN BIOGRAPHY
BY
DAVID HOGARTH
G.
M.A., FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFOKD, F.S.A., F.R.G.S.
WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
CHAELES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1897
Copyright, 1897
Br Charles Sckibnek's Sons
SSntbersitg -Press
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.
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PREFACE.
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, sup-
plies 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
my
Medailles at Paris, for material supplied for
illustrations. To those who have criticised my book
—
while in the press Mr. R. W. Macan, Reader in
Ancient History in the University of Oxford, and
Vlll PREFACE.
—
Mr. C. H. Turner, Fellow of Magdalen I can offer,
by a mere expression of thanks in a Preface, no
return in the least commensurate with the acute
and learned labour which they have bestowed.
They have emended many things and if still many
;
shortcomings remain, I can plead only the inter-
ruptions which are inseparable from the life of an
exploring scholar.
D. G. H.
London,
December 14, 1896.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I. Philip. page
Prologue. The Man of the Age 1
Introductory. Macedonians and feudatories 4
Early kings 10
The Macedonian land 13
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Macedonian king and vassals 15
Early years ofPhilip 22
Thebes and Thebans 28
Accession ofPhilip 43
First campaign 46
Army-making 49
New military ideas 60
Getting ready for action 64
Open war with Athens 67
War in Thessaly 70
War on the north and east 73
Olynthus and her confederacy 74
Athens and her statesmen 79
Peace between Athens and Philip 86
Philip marches south 92
Macedonian supremacy 97
Troubles with Athens 99
Philip marchesto the Danube 106
Eupture with Athens 110
Sieges of Perinthus and Byzantium Ill
The young Alexander 116