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Definition of Macedon
1. Noun. The ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria.
Geographical relationships: Battle Of Pydna, Pydna
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Group relationships: Balkan Peninsula, Balkans
Member holonyms: Macedonian
Definition of Macedon
1. Proper noun. ancient Macedonia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Macedon
Literary usage of Macedon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Greek Imperialism by William Scott Ferguson (1913)
"VII THE EMPIRE OF THE ANTIGONIDS OF the Hellenistic empires the one from which
Rome suffered most and learned least was that of the Antigo- nids in Macedon ..."
2. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829)
"The beginning of Philip's reign, and how he delivered Macedon from the troubles
wherein he found it entangled. PHILIP the second, the youngest son of ..."
3. Hellenic History by George Willis Botsford (1922)
"DEMOSTHENES (Capitoline Museum, Rome) CHAPTER XXIII THE RISE OF Macedon To 337
Country and people. Macedon consisted of a narrow plain bordering the sea and ..."
4. A History of the Ancient World by George Willis Botsford (1911)
"CHAPTER XXIV THE RISE OF Macedon To 338 BC 302. Country and People. — Macedon is
the basin of a single river-system. Its waters in their upper course run ..."
5. Rise of the Macedonian Empire by Arthur Mapletoft Curteis (1890)
"In short, Philip left Macedon a boy, and he returned a man, full of energy and
new ideas. Even Russia hardly made greater advances during the twenty-six ..."
6. A General History of the World by Victor Duruy, Edwin Augustus Grosvenor, Louis Edwin Van Norman (1912)
"Macedon, a vast region to the north of Thessaly and of the ... Before Philip,
the father of Alexander, Macedon was even in a desperate situation. ..."
7. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"Unable to conquer Sparta, he makes the League subject to Macedon. §. ... But from
the moment that Philip V. of Macedon entered into alliance with Hannibal, ..."
8. Our Ancestors in Europe: An Introduction to American History by Jennie Hall (1916)
"Macedon Philip, one of these kings, conquered the other six tribes of Macedon,
held them firmly in his hand, made himself their beloved hero, and built up a ..."
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