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Philip II was King of the ancient kingdom state of Macedonia and Alexander the great's father.

His name is made up of two greek words, ''Philos''=(Friend) + ''Ippos'' =(Horse), so his name would translate into English as:''Friend of Horses''.

Macedonia was one of the ancient Greek city-states, like Athens, Sparta, Molossoe (Epirus) etc.

As a Greek, he was married to a Greek princess, Olympia of Molossoe, from another Greek city-state, west of the Greek city-state of Macedonia.

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