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A — Alci des to Alexander the Great (Part 4 of 4)

Successor of Alexander. Ptolemy Soter, supposed to be his half-brother (on the father’s side), succeeded him in the government of Egypt.

Only two Alexanders. Alexander said, “There are but two Alexanders—the invincible son of Philip, and the inimitable Apelles, who painted him.”