Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Pellean Conqueror

Alexander the Great, born at Pella, in Macedonia.

“Remember that Pellean conqueror.”

Milton: Paradise Regained, ii.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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