Philip II and Alexander the Great: Father and Son ... - Historia Antigua

Table 7.1
Wars War Aims Enemies Presentation of the
Enemy
Philip 354–346 B.C.:
Third Sacred War
339 B.C.:
Fourth Sacred War
337–336 B.C.: War
against the Persians
(preparation)
Alexander 335–331 B.C.: War
against Darius III
and the Persians
Revenge Phocians and
their leaders
Phocians and their
leaders were impious
because they plundered
the Delphic temple
Revenge Amphissaeans Amphissaeans were
impious because they
plundered the Delphic
temple
Revenge and
freedom of the
Greeks
Revenge and
freedom of the
Greeks
Persians and
their king,
Darius III
Persians and
their king,
Darius III
Persians and their earlier
kings, Darius I and
Xerxes, were impious
because they had
devastated the Greek temples
Persians and their earlier
kings, Darius I and Xerxes,
were impious because
they had devastated the
Greek temples
Presentation of the
Macedonian Kings
Philip: avenger of
Apollo
Philip: avenger of
Apollo
Philip: avenger of
the Greeks
Alexander:
avenger
of the Greeks