<w lemma="%2A%28ws">Ὡς</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="qa%3Dtton">θᾶττον</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Dos">Πτολεμαῖος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="klhqei%5Cs">κληθεὶς</w> <w lemma="%2Afilopa%2Ftwr">Φιλοπάτωρ</w>, <w lemma="metalla%2Fcantos">μεταλλάξαντος</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="patro%2Fs">πατρός</w>, <w lemma="e%29panelo%2Fmenos">ἐπανελόμενος</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29delfo%5Cn">ἀδελφὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Ama%2Fgan">Μάγαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="sunergou%3Dntas">συνεργοῦντας</w> <w lemma="pare%2Flabe">παρέλαβε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29gu%2Fptou">Αἰγύπτου</w> <w lemma="dunastei%2Fan">δυναστείαν</w>,
<w lemma="nomi%2Fsas">νομίσας</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%2Fwn">οἰκείων</w> <w lemma="fo%2Fbwn">φόβων</w> <w lemma="a%29polelu%2Fsqai">ἀπολελύσθαι</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnhs">προειρημένης</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fcews">πράξεως</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kto%5Cs">ἐκτὸς</w> <w lemma="kindu%2Fnwn">κινδύνων</w> <w lemma="a%29phlla%2Fxqai">ἀπηλλάχθαι</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fxhn">τύχην</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29antigo%2Fnou">Ἀντιγόνου</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aseleu%2Fkou">Σελεύκου</w> <w lemma="methllaxo%2Ftwn">μετηλλαχότων</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29antio%2Fxou">Ἀντιόχου</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afili%2Fppou">Φιλίππου</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="diadedegme%2Fnwn">διαδεδεγμένων</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxa%5Cs">ἀρχὰς</w> <w lemma="panta%2Fpasi">παντάπασι</w> <w lemma="ne%2Fwn">νέων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="pai%2Fdwn">παίδων</w> <w lemma="u%28parxo%2Fntwn">ὑπαρχόντων</w>,
<w lemma="katapisteu%2Fsas">καταπιστεύσας</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="parou%3Dsi">παροῦσι</w> <w lemma="kairoi%3Ds">καιροῖς</w>, <w lemma="panhgurikw%2Fteron">πανηγυρικώτερον</w> <w lemma="dih%3Dge">διῆγε</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%2Fn">ἀρχήν</w>,
<w lemma="a%29nepi%2Fstaton">ἀνεπίστατον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="duse%2Fnteukton">δυσέντευκτον</w> <w lemma="au%28to%5Cn">αὑτὸν</w> <w lemma="paraskeua%2Fzwn">παρασκευάζων</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="au%29lh%5Cn">αὐλὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllois">ἄλλοις</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29%2Fgupton">Αἴγυπτον</w> <w lemma="xeiri%2Fzousin">χειρίζουσιν</w>, <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgwron">ὀλίγωρον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="r%28a%2F%7Cqumon">ῥᾴθυμον</w> <w lemma="u%28podeiknu%2Fwn">ὑποδεικνύων</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcw">ἔξω</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="diatetagme%2Fnois">διατεταγμένοις</w>,
<w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="e%29la%2Fttw">ἐλάττω</w>, <w lemma="mei%2Fzw">μείζω</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29poiou%3Dnto">ἐποιοῦντο</w> <w lemma="spoudh%5Cn">σπουδὴν</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29%2Fgupton">Αἴγυπτον</w> <w lemma="dunastei%2Fas">δυναστείας</w>.
<w lemma="toigarou%3Dn">τοιγαροῦν</w> <w lemma="e%29pe%2Fkeinto">ἐπέκειντο</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Asuri%2Fas">Συρίας</w> <w lemma="basileu%3Dsi">βασιλεῦσι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="gh%3Dn">γῆν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="qa%2Flattan">θάλατταν</w>, <w lemma="%2Akoi%2Flhs">Κοίλης</w> <w lemma="%2Asuri%2Fas">Συρίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aku%2Fprou">Κύπρου</w> <w lemma="kurieu%2Fontes:">κυριεύοντες·</w>
<w lemma="pare%2Fkeinto">παρέκειντο</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fan">Ἀσίαν</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fstais">δυνάσταις</w>, <w lemma="o%28moi%2Fws">ὁμοίως</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="nh%2Fsois">νήσοις</w>, <w lemma="despo%2Fzontes">δεσπόζοντες</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pifanesta%2Ftwn">ἐπιφανεστάτων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flewn">πόλεων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpwn">τόπων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="lime%2Fnwn">λιμένων</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="parali%2Fan">παραλίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Apamfuli%2Fas">Παμφυλίας</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ellhspo%2Fntou">Ἑλλησπόντου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Alusima%2Fxeian">Λυσιμάχειαν</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpwn:">τόπων·</w>
<w lemma="e%29fh%2Fdreuon">ἐφήδρευον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2Aqra%2F%7Ckh%7C">Θρᾴκῃ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fa%7C">Μακεδονίᾳ</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmasi">πράγμασι</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29%3Dnon">Αἶνον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Amarw%2Fneian">Μαρώνειαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="porrw%2Fteron">πορρώτερον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="po%2Flewn">πόλεων</w> <w lemma="kurieu%2Fontes">κυριεύοντες</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftw%7C">τοιούτῳ</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpw%7C">τρόπῳ</w> <w lemma="makra%5Cn">μακρὰν</w> <w lemma="e%29ktetako%2Ftes">ἐκτετακότες</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="xei%3Dras">χεῖρας</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="probeblhme%2Fnoi">προβεβλημένοι</w> <w lemma="pro%5C">πρὸ</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="pollou%3D">πολλοῦ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="dunastei%2Fas">δυναστείας</w>, <w lemma="ou%29de%2Fpote">οὐδέποτε</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29%2Fgupton">Αἴγυπτον</w> <w lemma="h%29gwni%2Fwn">ἠγωνίων</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w>. <w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="spoudh%5Cn">σπουδὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29ko%2Ftws">εἰκότως</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhn">μεγάλην</w> <w lemma="e%29poiou%3Dnto">ἐποιοῦντο</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcw">ἔξω</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnos">προειρημένος</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="o%29ligw%2Frws">ὀλιγώρως</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkasta">ἕκαστα</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="xeiri%2Fzwn">χειρίζων</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29prepei%3Ds">ἀπρεπεῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frwtas">ἔρωτας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29lo%2Fgous">ἀλόγους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunexei%3Ds">συνεχεῖς</w> <w lemma="me%2Fqas">μέθας</w>, <w lemma="ei%29ko%2Ftws">εἰκότως</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnu">πάνυ</w> <w lemma="braxei%3D">βραχεῖ</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnw%7C">χρόνῳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="yuxh%3Ds">ψυχῆς</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pibou%2Flous">ἐπιβούλους</w> <w lemma="eu%28%3Dre">εὗρε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fous">πλείους</w>,
<w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="e%29ge%2Fneto">ἐγένετο</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dtos">πρῶτος</w> <w lemma="%2Akleome%2Fnhs">Κλεομένης</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Aspartia%2Fths">Σπαρτιάτης</w>.
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<head>Weakness of Ptolemy Philopator</head>Immediately after his father's death, Ptolemy Philopator<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note80">Death of Ptolemy Euergetes, B.C. 222.</note>put his brother Magas and his partisans to death, and took possession of the throne of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Egypt&groupId=556&placeId=368">Egypt</a>. He thought that he had now freed himself by this act from domestic danger; and that by the deaths of Antigonus and Seleucus, and their being respectively succeeded by mere children like Antiochus and Philip, fortune had released him from danger abroad. He therefore felt secure of his position and began conducting his reign as though it were a perpetual festival. He would attend to no business, and would hardly grant an interview to the officials about the court, or at the head of the administrative departments in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Egypt&groupId=556&placeId=368">Egypt</a>. Even his agents abroad found him entirely careless and indifferent; though his predecessors, far from taking less interest in foreign affairs, had generally given them precedence over those of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Egypt&groupId=556&placeId=368">Egypt</a> itself. For being masters of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Coele-Syria&groupId=484&placeId=908">Coele-Syria</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Cyprus&groupId=119&placeId=356">Cyprus</a>, they maintained a threatening attitude towards the kings of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Syria&groupId=995&placeId=502">Syria</a>, both by land and sea; and were also in a commanding position in regard to the princes of Asia, as well as the islands, through their possession of the most splendid cities, strongholds, and harbours all along the seacoast from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pamphylia&groupId=833&placeId=1505">Pamphylia</a> to the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Hellespont&groupId=620&placeId=1141">Hellespont</a> and the district round <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lysimachia&groupId=719&placeId=1319">Lysimachia</a>. Moreover they were favourably placed for an<pb n="389" />attack upon <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Thrace&groupId=1030&placeId=509">Thrace</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a> from their possession of Aenus, Maroneia, and more distant cities still. And having thus stretched forth their hands to remote regions, and long ago strengthened their position by a ring of princedoms, these kings had never been anxious about their rule in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Egypt&groupId=556&placeId=368">Egypt</a>; and had naturally, therefore, given great attention to foreign politics. But when Philopator, absorbed in unworthy intrigues, and senseless and continuous drunkenness, treated these several branches of government with equal indifference, it was naturally not long before more than one was found to lay plots against his life as well as his power: of whom the first was Cleomenes, the Spartan.<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note81">See<ref target="b2c69" targOrder="U">2, 69</ref>.</note>
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