Which sentence in the last paragraph provides a clue to the meaning of the word slaughtered?
in the alexander macedonia story.

You might need to take a picture of the Alexander Macedonia story. Or a link for me to read! :) - Anyways Slaughted means: verb past tense: slaughtered; past participle: slaughtered kill (animals) for food. synonyms:kill, butcher "the animals were slaughtered" kill (people or animals) in a cruel or violent way, typically in large numbers. "innocent civilians are being slaughtered" synonyms:massacre, murder, butcher, kill (off), annihilate, exterminate, liquidate, eliminate, destroy, decimate, wipe out, put to death; literaryslay "innocent civilians are being slaughtered" informal defeat (an opponent) thoroughly. "our team was slaughtered in the finals"

This can't be answered with out any text to go back and look at. Slaughtered is a negative term and usually very violent