# Quote — Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great

> When his Macedonians mutinied at the end of their marching, they were said to have ridiculed him and told him to 'go fight alone with his father', meaning Zeus, not Philip.

- Author: [Robin Lane Fox](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robin-lane-fox.md)
- Book: [Alexander the Great](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robin-lane-fox/alexander-the-great.md)
- Page: 216
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robin_Lane_Fox#Alexander_the_Great,_1973) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/robin-lane-fox/alexander-the-great/when-his-macedonians

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> "War", Philip had announced, "was being declared against the Persians on behalf of the Greeks, to punish the barbarians for their lawless treatment of the old Greek temples".

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