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Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great, detail from Alexander and Porus, painting by Charles Le Brun, 17th century; in the Louvre, Paris, France.
Alexander the Great was the son of Philip II, the king of Macedonia, and Olympias, who was the daughter of King Neoptolemus of Epirus.12