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INTRODUCTION. Abraham: shepherd kings: Joseph: kings of Thebes: era
of Menophres, exodus of the Jews, Rameses the Great, buildings, conquests, popu-
lation, mines: Shishank, B.C. 970: Solomon: kings of Tanis: Bocchoris of
Sais: kings of Ethiopia, B.C. 730: kings of Sais: Africa is sailed round, Greek
mercenaries and settlers, Solon and Pythagoras: Persian conquest, B. C. 525:
Inarus rebels: Herodotus and Hellanicus: Amyrtæus, Nectanebo: Eudoxus,
Chrysippus, and Plato: Alexander the Great: oasis of Ammon, native judges,
Cleomenes.
PTOLEMY SOTER, B. C. 322. Funeral of Alexander: Perdiccas overcome:
Phenicia and Calo-Syria conquered: the bull Apis: buildings of Alexandria :
Serapis: the Museum: papyrus: Cyrene conquered: Cyprus conquered: Egyp-
tian soldiers: Demetrius beaten : city of Petra; it stops Antigonus: Hecatæus :
the Jews: Demetrius conquers at sea: Antigonus beaten : Rhodes: coins: Apel-
les, Euclid, Diodorus Cronus, and Antiphilus: Thais and her children: Eury-
dice and her children: Berenice and her children: Ptolemy lays aside the crown.
PTOLEMY PHILADELPHUS, B. C. 284. His tutor Philetas: his coronation:
Cyrene revolts: his two brothers killed: embassy to Rome: the Carthaginians
ask a loan: the light-house: port of Berenice: canal: elephants caught: Deme-
trius Phalerius, Zenodotus, Euclid, Ctesibius, Theocritus, Callimachus, Hegesias,
Philostephanus, Aristippus, Arete, Metrodidactus, Theodorus, Strato: Timo-
charis, Aristillus, and Aristarchus, the astronomers: Aratus and his translators:
Sosibius, Zoilus, Timon, Manetho, Petosiris, Timosthenes the admiral: Menander
sent for: Colotes: public readers: Pamphilus, Neacles, and Helena: the Jews:
the Bible translated: Arsinoë and her children: Arsinoë, his sister: coins: Er-
gamenes: statue of Diana: Cleombrotus, Erasistratus, and Herophilus: pro-
vinces, forces, revenue, treasure.
PTOLEMY EUERGETES, B. C. 246. Conquests in Syria: hair of Berenice:
Conon: buildings: conquests in Ethiopia: Monumentum Adulitanum and Cosmas
Indicopleustes: Onias; revenues of Judæa: Cleomenes: Aristophanes: Eratos-
thenes: Apollonius Rhodius: Lycophron: Jesus the son of Sirach: Apollonius
of Perga: coins: judges.
PTOLEMY PHILOPATOR, B.C. 221. His mother and brother put to death:
battle of Raphia: the Jewish temple: huge ships: the queen put to death: Aga-
thocles, Sosibius, Tlepolemus: Sphærus, Eratosthenes, Ptolemy the son of Age-
sarchus, Timæus: buildings: coins.
PTOLEMY EPIPHANES, B. C. 204. Death of Agathocles and his family: revolt of
Scopas: guardianship of Rome: the phalanx beaten: coronation: Rosetta Stone:
Cleopatra's dower: rebellion at Lycopolis: coins: loss of provinces: Polybius.
PTOLEMY PHILOMETOR, B. C. 180. War with Antiochus; coronation: Egypt
invaded: PTOLEMY EUERGETES II. declared king: Cyprus rebels: second
invasion: Euergetes made king of Cyrene: Jewish temple at Leontopolis:
buildings: collections for the dead: Aristarchus the critic: Moschus of Syra-
cuse: Nicander: Hipparchus: Hero, the power of steam: coins: Cleopatra and
her children.
PTOLEMY EUERGETES II. B. C. 145. He kills his nephew: the journey of
Scipio Africanus: the Maccabees: the king flies to Cyprus, kills his son, returns :
trade to India: Eudoxus Cyzicenus: Aristobulus the Jew, Sositheus, the younger
Homer: Pergamus, its library, parchment: Cleopatra Cocce and her children.
CLEOPATRA COCCE and PTOLEMY SOTER II. B. C. 116. Alexander reigns
in Cyprus: marriages and quarrels of the Syrian kings: the Jews and Samari-
tans: Soter flies to Cyprus.
CLEOPATRA COCCE and PTOLEMY ALEXANDER, B. C. 106. Wars in Syria
and Judæa: Cleopatra put to death: coins: Ptolemy Apion: Cyrene seized by
the Romans.
PTOLEMY SOTER II. B.C. 87. The rebellion and ruin of Thebes: Lucullus:
Dio: coins.
CLEOPATRA BERENICE, B. C. 80. She is ordered to marry Alexander, and to
reign jointly with him: his will.
PTOLEMY NEUS DIONYSUS, B.C. 80. Demetrius accused of sobriety: Cy-
prus seized by Rome: the king flies from Egypt: Cato: CLEOPATRA Try-
PHÆNA and BERENICE made queens: Julius Cæsar: Pompey: Gabinius:
Seleucus Cybiosactes: Archelaus: Marc Antony: Rabirius: Diodorus Siculus:
the pyramids, the temples, Apis, the cat, the mummies, funerals: revenue, trade,
population, gold mines: Zopyrus, Apollonius of Cittium.
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