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Philip II of Macedonia (Hardcover)

by I Worthington (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press (8 Jul 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0300120796
  • ISBN-13: 978-0300120790
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 4.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"This rich and thought-provoking monograph is an excellent and stimulating work."
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Alexander the Great is probably the most famous ruler of antiquity, and his spectacular conquests are recounted often in books and films. But what of his father, Philip II, who united Macedonia, created the best army in the world at the time, and conquered and annexed Greece? This landmark biography is the first to bring Philip to life, exploring the details of his life and legacy and demonstrating that his achievements were so remarkable that it can be argued they outshone those of his more famous son. Without Philip, Greek history would have been entirely different.Taking into account recent archaeological discoveries and reinterpreting ancient literary records, Ian Worthington brings to light Philip's political, economic, military, social, and cultural accomplishments. He reveals the full repertoire of the king's tactics, including several polygamous diplomatic marriages, deceit, bribery, military force, and a knack for playing off enemies against one another. The author also inquires into the king's influences, motives, and aims, and in particular his turbulent, unraveling relationship with Alexander, which may have ended in murder. Philip became in many ways the first modern regent of the ancient world, and this book places him where he properly belongs: firmly at the centrestage of Greek history.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Philip the Great?, 11 May 2009
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Ian Worthington is well known to many interested in Early Hellenistic and Macedonian History, with an excellent reputation for producing thought provoking and relevant works in the period. It was therefore highly pleasing to learn that Worthington has decided to look at Philip II, often the forgotten man of the period and to whom Alexander owed a debt.

The work is perhaps targeted at a less academic audience than some of Worthington's recent work, and perhaps introduce Philip to a wider lay audience of historians and others with an interest in the period. The result is very positive with the work combining excellent narrative across the military, political, personal and economic history of Philip and his kingdom as well as some shrewd insight into his motivations. In that respect the work is a triumph of recent historiography, given that it handles narrative accounts well and credits the reader without assuming that they know all the detail already.

Readers will be impressed with the shrewd assessment of the Macedonian kingdom and also the principal argument of the book that Philip laid much of the groundwork for Alexander, not just militarily but through shrewd economic and diplomatic policy. Philip is seen as a major acheiver and also a consummate statesman, Worthington is right to highlight his acheivements as worthy of distinction.

That said the argument does seem a little overstated and does not reconcile itself to either the scope of Alexander's acheivements, which were great in their own right and also how little credit it gives to the Macedonian Kings prior to Philip (such as Archelaus referenced in Thucycides 2.100) who had already developed the country's infrastructure and military. However given the number of works devoted to Alexander it is mean perhaps to be grudge Philip his place in modern academic works. Though if any historians are reading an accessible work on pre-Philip Macedonia would be well received!

All in all a good work and worth a place in any classical or hellenistic Greece book collection.
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