Macedon

British  

/ ˈmæsɪˌdɒn /

noun

1. a region of the S Balkans, now divided among Greece, Bulgaria, and Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia). As a kingdom in the ancient world it achieved prominence under Philip II (359–336 _bc ) and his son Alexander the Great

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Macedon

Macedon was, in Mr. Richardson’s words, “a tumbledown, isolated” Greek state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Production at its Macedon and Pluto facilities were unaffected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

The descendants of Alexander’s generals, Antigonus, Seleucus, and Ptolemy, ruled over separate kingdoms in Macedon and Greece, western and central Asia, and Egypt, building new Greek cities for their Greek colonists.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

By the fifth century BCE, some of the larger villages of Macedon grew big enough to be considered cities, and elite Macedonians made efforts to civilize their country in the style of the southern Greeks.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

Nor did the persuasion of Philip of Macedon ever convince them to make him their friend without first humbling him.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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