During his stay as hostage in Thebes, he was greatly influenced by Epaminondas, and returned home to the throne after the death of brother  Perdiccas .  It was during this time that he invented the use of the sarissa pike and formed the core of the army that would fight at the seige of Methone, where an arrow penetrated his right eye.  Later, his forces annihilated the Sacred Band of Thebes and decicively defeat the Theban ally Athens at (*) Chaeronea, following which he formed the League of Corinth, sometimes called the Hellenic League.  However, his invasion of Persia was just getting underway when he was murdered by his bodyguard Pausanias of Orestis.  FTP -- Name
During his stay as hostage in Thebes, he was greatly influenced by Epaminondas, and returned home to the throne after the death of brother  Perdiccas .  It was during this time that he invented the use of the sarissa pike and formed the core of the army that would fight at the seige of Methone, where an arrow penetrated his right eye.  Later, his forces annihilated the Sacred Band of Thebes and decicively defeat the Theban ally Athens at (*) Chaeronea, following which he formed the League of Corinth, sometimes called the Hellenic League.  However, his invasion of Persia was just getting underway when he was murdered by his bodyguard Pausanias of Orestis.  FTP -- Name this father of Alexander the Great.
During his stay as hostage in Thebes, he was greatly influenced by Epaminondas, and returned home to the throne after the death of brother  Perdiccas .  
{Philip II} of Macedon (accept the name with either underlined part)