# Philip of Macedon — The Federalist Papers character guide

> Philip of Macedon in The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Philip, Macedon

**First appearance:** 0008-vi-concerning-dangers-from-dissensions-between-the-states

## Who they are

Ancient king of Macedon, cited as an example of military and political ambition.

## Relationships

### [The Achaeans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_federalist_papers_se/characters/the_achaeans)

_rivalry_

Philip of Macedon is used as a historical example of a tyrant who exploited the disunity of the Achaean league to subjugate them.

### [Cleomenes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_federalist_papers_se/characters/cleomenes)

_rivalry_

Cleomenes of Sparta and Philip of Macedon are contrasted as different types of threats to republican liberty.

### [Alexander Hamilton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_federalist_papers_se/characters/alexander_hamilton)

_psychological_

Hamilton uses Philip of Macedon as a rhetorical tool to warn against the dangers of foreign influence and internal division.

## In the story

### [XVIII: The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_federalist_papers_se/chapters/xviii-the-same-subject-continued-the-insufficiency-of-the-present-confederation-to-preserve-the-union)

Exploited the Amphictyonic confederacy's weaknesses to conquer Greece.

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