person
Philip II of Macedon
Philip
also: Philip of Macedon
King of Macedon (r. 359-336 BC), father of Alexander; praised by Seneca for enduring insults, as when he spared the envoy who told him to hang himself.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §4.37.1 Philip
Philip II of Macedon (382–336 BC), father of Alexander the Great; the anecdote of the branded soldier tests the duty to keep a rash promise.
- On Anger §3.23 Philip
Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander, praised for enduring insults.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §15.94.62 Philip
Philip II of Macedon (382–336 BC), Alexander's father, who by conquest and bribery first brought the Greek cities under Macedonian power.
- Natural Questions §3.pr.5 a Philip
Philip II of Macedon (r. 359-336 BC), father of Alexander; Seneca brackets him with his son as a 'brigand' whose conquests devastated nations.