[Alexander's mother, Olympias, was Epiriote.]

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[The antithesis lies between Alexander the ideal of the young, and Alexander the deterrent example of the old. The phrase "beacon of the wise," if Hector in Troilus and Cressida (act ii. sc. 2, line 16) is an authority, is proverbial:

Modest doubt is call'd The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To the bottom of the worst."

The beauty, the brilliance, the glory of Alexander kindle the enthusiasm of the young; but the murder of Clytus and the early death which he brought upon himself are held up by the wise, as beacon-lights to save others from shipwreck.]