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WaMtA,AJ- ^-tfJ&r.ayruu'/r y/v c_y)rr/~f/c frtmv/wie.tjasrctrwuzg/jj or kJm&> CZafottAdaJs &(mJ-£a'n.6(/no'hi£ . 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. Clartsstmo et (Carissinto (ZCollegto Beatae jjHartae JHafltoalenae apulu ©lontenaes ; 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 .... 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

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