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By Ptolemy Philadelphus and the wise men around him, Demetrius of Phalerum, a diligent and very learned man among the Greeks, and Menedemus the philosopher and others flourishing at that time, it was acknowledged to be the only divinely inspired work among all the scriptures known to them. Upon these things the king celebrated, and having honored them with many other gifts, and the high priest and the temple, he sent them away, giving thanks to the God of all. The things concerning the table inlaid with precious stones which was sent to Jerusalem and the generosity and at the same time the philosophic nature of Ptolemy, Josephus relates with a stunning voice, and how Theopompus the philosopher lost his mind for daring to write an account of them, and Theodectes the general was blinded for composing a drama, and both were healed after repenting. At the request of Aristaeus, one of Ptolemy's friends, 12 myriads of Jews were sent out from the army to Judaea, purchased with royal funds, 120 drachmas being given for each one, so that the ransom for them was 460 talents. Ptolemy Philadelphus sent Aristaeus and Andreas, two of the chief rulers, to Eleazar in Jerusalem with vessels of gold and many precious stones and 100 talents of silver and other gifts, asking that the divine scriptures be sent to him 329 and wise men to interpret them, according to Josephus. This Ptolemy Philadelphus, having collected, so to speak, every book of the world from everywhere through the effort of Demetrius of Phalerum, the third lawgiver of the Athenians, a diligent man among the Greeks, among which was also the Hebrew scripture, as has been set forth before, established the library in Alexandria in the 132nd Olympiad, at the completion of which he died. There were ten myriads of books, as some say. Ptolemy Euergetes reigned as the 3rd king of Alexandria and Egypt for 24 years. And it was the year 5249 of the world. KINGS OF ASIA Antigonus reigned as the 1st king of Asia after Alexander for 18 years. And it was the year 5171 of the world. The historical scripture of the Maccabees enumerates the kings of the Greeks from Antigonus, which Josephus wrote, which is not one of the divinely inspired works, but is very useful by nature. Antigonus founded Antigonia on the Orontes river, which Seleucus, having built upon it, named Antioch. Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus, was the 2nd king of Asia alone for 10 years. And it was the year 5189 of the world. Seleucus, having captured Demetrius Poliorcetes in Cilicia, ordered that he be guarded in a royal manner until his death, having acquired the rule of Asia under his hand. But having also cast out Lysimachus from the rule of the Macedonians, he is quickly killed by Ptolemy son of Lagus, also called Ceraunus. And the same Ptolemy rules the Macedonians for 1 year and 5 months, and is killed during the Gallic war. Demetrius Poliorcetes sacked the city of the Samaritans. The kingdom of Asia, having lasted 28 years, came under Seleucus.

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regions, first Seleucus Nicanor reigned for 33 years. And it was the year 5171 of the world. The Edessenes number the years from this point. Seleucus built upon Antioch, formerly Antigonia, in the 12th year of his reign. The same founded Laodicea, Seleucia, Apamea, Edessa, Beroea, Pella. Seleucus subdued Babylon. Seleucus settled Jews with Greeks in the new cities. Seleucus Nicanor did away with Roxane along with her son Alexander, who had been sent to Amphipolis, at the command of Cassander, as they say. At that time Callippus of Cyzicus the astronomer was known and Dionysius who wrote about the cities. Erasistratus, a famous physician, was known in the time of Seleucus, who was marveled at for diagnosing that Antiochus, the son of Seleucus, was dangerously ill on account of his love for the wife of his father Seleucus, the daughter of Demetrius. Wherefore Seleucus, being greatly distressed by the passion, yielded his wife to his son Antiochus. Of Asia,

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Πτολεμαίῳ τῷ Φιλαδέλφῳ καὶ τοῖς περὶ αὐτὸν σοφοῖς ∆ημητρίῳ τῷ Φαληρεῖ παρ' Ἕλλησιν ἀνδρὶ σπουδαίῳ καὶ πολυμαθεῖ, Μενεδήμῳ τε φιλοσόφῳ καὶ ἑτέροις ἀνθοῦσι τῷ τηνικαῦτα, ὡμολογήθη μόνη θεόπνευστος εἶναι παρὰ πᾶσαν γραφὴν ἐγνωσμένην αὐτοῖς. ἐπὶ τούτοις ἑορτάσας ὁ βασιλεὺς πλείστοις τε δώροις ἄλλοις φιλοτιμησάμενος αὐτοὺς καὶ τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ καὶ τῷ ἱερῷ ἐξέπεμψεν, εὐχαριστῶν τῷ τῶν ὅλων θεῷ. Τὰ κατὰ τὴν διάλιθον τράπεζαν τὴν σταλεῖσαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὸ φιλότιμον ἅμα καὶ φιλόσοφον Πτολεμαίου Ἰώσηππος ἱστορεῖ καταπλήκτῳ ἤχῳ, ὅπως τε Θεόπομπος φιλόσοφος παρεφρόνησε τολμήσας ἱστορῆσαι περὶ αὐτῶν καὶ Θεόδεκτος στρατηγικὸς ἐτυφλώθη δρᾶμα ποιήσας, ἄμφω τε μεταγνόντες ἰάθησαν. Ἀρισταίου ἑνὸς τῶν φίλων αἰτήσαντος Πτολε μαίου ιβʹ μυριάδες Ἰουδαίων ἐξωνήσεσι βασιλικοῖς χρήμασι παρὰ τοῦ στρατεύματος εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ἐξαπεστάλησαν, ρκʹ δραχμῶν ὑπὲρ ἑκά στου δοθεισῶν, ὡς εἶναι τὰ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν λύτρα τάλαντα υξʹ. Ἀρισταῖον καὶ Ἀνδρέαν δύο πρωτίστους ἀρχόντων ὁ Φιλάδελφος ἐξέπεμψε Πτολεμαῖος εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ πρὸς Ἐλεάζαρον μετὰ σκευῶν χρυσῶν καὶ διαλίθων πολλῶν καὶ ἀργυρῶν ταλάντων ρʹ καὶ ἄλλων δώρων, αἰτῶν σταλῆναι αὐτῷ 329 τὰς θείας γραφὰς καὶ ἄνδρας σοφοὺς ἑρμηνεύσοντας αὐτήν, ὡς Ἰώσηπ πος. Πτολεμαῖος οὗτος ὁ Φιλάδελφος πᾶσαν πανταχόθεν, ὡς εἰπεῖν, συμ φορήσας βίβλον τῆς οἰκουμένης σπουδῇ τοῦ Φαληρέως ∆ημητρίου τρίτου νομοθέτου Ἀθηναίων, ἀνδρὸς παρ' Ἕλλησι σπουδαίου, ἐν οἷς καὶ τὴν Ἑβραίων γραφήν, ὡς προτέτακται, τὴν ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ βιβλιοθήκην καθίστησιν ρλβʹ ὀλυμπιάδι, ἧς πληρουμένης τελευτᾷ. δέκα μυριάδες βίβλων ἦσαν, ὥς τινές φασιν. Ἀλεξανδρείας καὶ Αἰγύπτου γʹ ἐβασίλευσε Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Εὐεργέτης ἔτη κδʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος εσμθʹ. ΑΣΙΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Ἀσίας αʹ μετὰ Ἀλέξανδρον Ἀντίγονος ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη ιηʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος εροαʹ. Ἡ τῶν Μακκαβαίων ἱστορικὴ γραφὴ τοὺς Ἑλλήνων βασιλεῖς ἀπὸ Ἀντιγόνου ἀριθμεῖ, ἣν Ἰώσηππος ἔγραψεν, ἥτις τῶν μὲν θεοπνεύστων οὐκ ἔστι, χρησίμη δὲ πάνυ πέφυκεν. Ἀντίγονος Ἀντιγονίαν τὴν πρὸς τῷ Ὀρέντῃ ποταμῷ ἔκτισεν, ἣν Σέλευκος ἐπικτίσας Ἀντιόχειαν ὠνόμασεν. Ἀσίας μόνης βʹ ∆ημήτριος ὁ Πολιορκητής, Ἀντιγόνου παῖς, ἔτη ιʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος ερπθʹ. ∆ημήτριον τὸν Πολιορκητὴν ὁ Σέλευκος λαβὼν ἐν Κιλικίᾳ βασιλικῶς τηρεῖσθαι προσέταξεν ἕως θανάτου, ὑπὸ χεῖρα τὴν τῆς Ἀσίας ἀρχὴν κτη σάμενος. ἐκβαλὼν δὲ καὶ Λυσίμαχον τῆς Μακεδόνων ἀρχῆς, ἀναιρεῖται τάχιστα ὑπὸ τοῦ Λάγου Πτολεμαίου τοῦ καὶ Κεραυνοῦ. καὶ κρατεῖ Μα κεδόνων ὁ αὐτὸς Πτολεμαῖος ἔτος αʹ μῆνας εʹ, καὶ ἀναιρεῖται κατὰ τὸν Γαλατικὸν πόλεμον. ∆ημήτριος ὁ Πολιορκητὴς τὴν πόλιν Σαμαρέων ἐπόρθησεν. Ἡ τῆς Ἀσίας βασιλεία κηʹ ἔτη διαρκέσασα ὑπὸ Σέλευκον γέγονε.

330 ΣΥΡΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΒΥΛΩΝΙΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Συρίας καὶ Βαβυλωνίας καὶ τῶν ἄνω

τόπων πρῶτος Σέλευκος Νικά νωρ ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη λγʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος εροαʹ. Ἐδεσσηνοὶ τοὺς χρόνους ἔνθεν ἀριθμοῦσι. Σέλευκος Ἀντιόχειαν τὴν πρὶν Ἀντιγονίαν ἐπέκτισεν ιβʹ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ. ὁ αὐτὸς Λαοδίκειαν, Σελεύκειαν, Ἀπάμειαν, Ἔδεσσαν, Βέροιαν, Πέλλαν. Σέλευκος Βαβυλῶνα παρεστήσατο. Σέλευκος ἐν ταῖς νέαις πόλεσιν Ἰουδαίους συνῴκισεν Ἕλλησι. Ῥωξάνην σὺν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ παιδὶ πεμφθεῖσαν εἰς Ἀμφίπολιν Σέλευκος Νικάνωρ ἀφανίζει, Κασάνδρου κελεύσαντος, ὥς φασι. Τότε Κάλλιππος Κυζικηνὸς ἀστρολόγος ἐγνωρίζετο καὶ ∆ιονύσιος ὁ τὰς πόλεις γράψας. Ἐρασίστρατος διαφανὴς ἰατρὸς ἐπὶ Σελεύκου ἐγνωρίζετο, ὃς διαγνοὺς Ἀντίοχον τὸν Σελεύκου παῖδα δεινῶς νοσοῦντα δι' ἔρωτα τὸν πρὸς τὴν Σελεύκου τοῦ πατρὸς γαμετὴν θυγατέρα ∆ημητρίου ἐθαυμαστώθη. ὅθεν καὶ Σέλευκος τῷ πάθει περιαλγήσας παραχωρεῖ τῷ παιδὶ Ἀντιόχῳ τῆς γαμετῆς. Ἀσίας,