He had first taken the prize of "Contemplation" in his all but a hundred plays; then, grasping the one hand offered him which held a heart, had shown at the court of Archelaus of macedon whether or not the power of active usefulness was in him.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Alexander of macedon found them 150 feet high.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
The extinction of the free civic life of Greece, the conquests of macedon, the foundation of the world-wide empire of Rome, had wrought a momentous moral change.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill