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This saying is widely attributed to Alexander the Great but does not appear verbatim in any surviving ancient source; it is considered apocryphal. The image of a sheep-led lion army resonates with themes in ancient military thought — Julius Caesar and later writers on generalship similarly stressed that the commander's character, not numbers alone, determines an army's effectiveness. The saying likely crystallizes lessons that Alexander's campaigns demonstrated in practice: his Macedonian force, though often outnumbered, consistently overcame Persian and other armies through superior leadership and tactics.