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Drunken King Philip  In front of a large gathering who were greeting Alexander at the celebration of her nuptials greeting the newlywed couple, Philip had drinking quarrel with his son Alexander, as the general Attalus in his drunken state again desired the Macedonians to implore the gods to give them a lawful successor to the kingdom by his niece as Alexander was not the son of royal blood. This so irritated Alexander, that throwing one of the cups at his head, "You villain," said he, "what, am I then a bastard?" .... Read Quest of Olympias ....Sivkishen, Author