The Skull of the King by Amado Hernandez King Philip was a Napoleon in his time, he became lord of petty Macedonia and other lands that could not resist his armies. When he died, his son became even mightier, As Alexander the Great he was the conqueror of all Europe and Asia, laid low by his armies. Alexander had the notion he would glorify his father, the dead king, and so he opened up his grave, wanting to bury treasures with the warrior’s bones. There he beheld a heap of skulls, of skeletons                     embracing. The Emperor became confused: How should he divide the treasure-- how much to the king, how much to his thousands                         slaves?