- Darius the Great
- nounking of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC)• Syn: ↑Darius I• Instance Hypernyms: ↑king, ↑male monarch, ↑Rex
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Alexander the Great — (356–323 B.C.E.) The historical Alexander the Great, Macedonian king and world conqueror, was clearly not a medieval figure. However, the character of Alexander became the central figure of a number of medieval ROMANCES, comparable to though… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
