The wife of a ruler with this regnal name legendarily hung herself with her girdle after she was offered hemlock, a sword, and a rope to commit suicide. Adea Eurydice was married to a ruler of this name, who was possibly rendered mentally disabled following a poisoning attempt by his father’s wife. Onomachos was killed at the Battle of Crocus Field by an army under a king with this name during the Third Sacred War. A king of this name, who was victorious at the Battle of Chaeronea, was assassinated by Pausanias of Orestis in a conspiracy that ancient sources speculated to be orchestrated by his wife, Olympias. For 10 points, Macedonian expansion began during the reign of a king with what name, the father of Alexander the Great? ■END■
ANSWER: Philip [accept Philip II of Macedon or Philip III of Macedon]
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