alexander the great

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Alexander the Great
    n 1: king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia;
         founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC) [syn: {Alexander},
         {Alexander the Great}]

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Alexander the Great
the king of Macedonia, the great conqueror; probably represented
in Daniel by the "belly of brass" (Dan. 2:32), and the leopard
and the he-goat (7:6; 11:3,4). He succeeded his father Philip,
and died at the age of thirty-two from the effects of
intemperance, B.C. 323. His empire was divided among his four
generals.