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Ptolemy Physcon reigned as the 8th king of Alexandria for 18 years. And it was the year 5377 of the world. He was also called Soter, and he was the elder son of Ptolemy Euergetes and Cleopatra. In the 10th year of his reign, his mother drove him out, and he was ruling in Cyprus; and she appointed her younger son and his brother, Alexander, as king with her; who reigned over Alexandria for 15 years, and being pursued by the troops to Lycia, 350 to the city of Myra, he flees with his wife and daughter and from there to Cyprus with his son, and is killed by the admiral Chaereas while being fought. After whom, handing over the kingdom again to his brother Ptolemy Soter, also called Physcon because of the bulk of his body, the Alexandrians received him as a 2nd king for another 8 years. In total, 33 years. which, being after the death of his brother Alexander, are thus arranged.

KINGS OF SYRIA Demetrius, son of Seleucus, the 10th king of Syria, reigned for 12 years, the

surnamed Soter. And it was the year 5323 of the world. This Demetrius, having been given as a hostage to Rome by his father Seleucus, escaped and arrived in Tripolis of Phoenicia in a few days, and attacking, he kills both Lysias, the guardian of the child Antiochus, and Antiochus himself, having surprisingly conquered so great a dominion in all those days. Against him, Ptolemy allied with Alexander through foreign mercenaries, as did Attalus, king of Pergamum, who was also bringing him back; opposing whom Demetrius dies in the 12th year of his reign, and Alexander the pretender holds Syria for 5 years, and is killed while fighting against Ptolemy near Antioch, who was bringing Demetrius the son of Demetrius to the kingship of Syria. Ptolemy also falls and dies not long after. Alexander reigned as the 11th king of Syria and Asia for 9 years. He was the son of Antiochus Epiphanes. But some say he reigned for 10 years, among them also Eusebius. And it was the year 5335 of the world. He, having been befriended by Ptolemy, married his daughter Cleopatra, and while they were in Ptolemais, Jonathan came and was befriended. Tryphon, also called Diodotus, having been entrusted with the administration of affairs by Alexander Balas, took Antiochus, the son of Alexander, who was being raised by Imalcue the Arab, and made war on Demetrius, having been befriended by Jona- 351 than, at the time when Jonathan, having overcome many, renewed his brother's friendship with the Romans. But Tryphon, fearing Jonathan, in order to kill the boy Antiochus and proclaim himself king, persuades him, when he came to him with a force, to dismiss all but a thousand and to travel with him to Ptolemais to take over the forces there. And Jonathan, deceived, went with only a thousand men into Ptolemais. And having bound him, Tryphon marches against the Jews, whose leader was Simon, the brother of Jonathan, and he demanded 100 talents and two of Jonathan's own sons in his stead. But Simon, knowing that he was lying in everything, nevertheless gave everything and even so did not save his brother from murder. Demetrius, son of Demetrius, the 12th king of Syria and Asia, reigned for the 1st time for 3 years, also called Sirippides. And it was the year 5344 of the world. Antiochus Sidetes reigned as the 13th king of Syria and Asia for 9 years. And it was the year 5347 of the world. He was the brother of this Demetrius. He, coming from Side, besieges Tryphon, who had killed Jonathan and Antiochus the son of Alexander and proclaimed himself king of Syria, who had fled to Dara and from there to Orthosia. from which, being pursued, he dies by leaping into a fire. Demetrius reigned as the 14th king of Syria and Asia for the 2nd time for 4 years. And it was the year 5356 of the world. Antiochus Grypus reigned as the 15th king of Syria and Asia for 26 years. And it was the year 5360 of the world. It should be known that the 26 years are not of Antiochus Grypus alone, but also of Cyzicenus. For first Grypus, having reigned for 4 years, was driven out by Cyzicenus, and he reigned

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Ἀλεξανδρείας ηʹ ἐβασίλευσε Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Φούσκων ἔτη ιηʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος ετοζʹ. Οὗτος καὶ Σωτὴρ ἐκαλεῖτο, υἱὸς δὲ ἦν τοῦ Εὐεργέτου Πτολεμαίου καὶ Κλεοπάτρας πρεσβύτερος. τοῦτον ἡ μήτηρ τῷ ιʹ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας ἀπ ήλασε, καὶ ἦν βασιλεύων ἐν Κύπρῳ· τὸν δὲ νεώτερον υἱὸν αὐτῆς καὶ ἀδελ φὸν τούτου Ἀλέξανδρον ἀνέδειξε βασιλέα σὺν αὐτῇ· ὃς καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀλεξανδρείας ἔτη ιεʹ, καὶ διωχθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν στρατευμάτων εἰς Λυκίας 350 πόλιν Μύρα φεύγει μετὰ γυναικὸς καὶ θυγατρὸς κἀκεῖθεν εἰς Κύπρον μετὰ παῖδα, καὶ ἀναιρεῖται ὑπὸ ναυάρχου Χαιρέου πολεμούμενος. μεθ' ὃν πάλιν τῷ ἀδελφῷ παραδόντες Πτολεμαίῳ Σωτῆρι καὶ Φούσκωνι δι' ὄγκον τοῦ σώματος κληθέντι τὴν βασιλείαν ἀνεδέξαντο βʹ βασιλέα οἱ Ἀλεξαν δρεῖς ἐπὶ ἄλλα ἔτη ηʹ. ὁμοῦ ἔτη λγʹ. ἅτινα μετὰ τὴν ἀναίρεσιν ὄντα Ἀλε ξάνδρου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ ὧδε συντάττονται.

ΣΥΡΙΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Συρίας ιʹ ἐβασίλευσε ∆ημήτριος υἱὸς Σελεύκου ἔτη ιβʹ ὁ

ἐπικληθεὶς Σωτήρ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος ετκγʹ. Οὗτος ὁ ∆ημήτριος ὑπὸ Σελεύκου τοῦ πατρὸς δοθεὶς ὅμηρος εἰς Ῥώμην, φυγὼν εἰς Τρίπολιν Φοινίκης ἐν ἡμέραις παρεγένετο, καὶ ἐπελθὼν Λυσίαν τε ἐπίτροπον Ἀντιόχου τοῦ παιδὸς ἀναιρεῖ καὶ αὐτὸν Ἀντίοχον, παραδόξως ἐν ταῖς ὅλαις ἡμέραις τοσαύτην κατακτησάμενος ἀρχήν. κατὰ τούτου Πτολεμαῖός τε συμμαχεῖ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ διὰ μισθοφόρων ξένων καὶ Ἄτταλοςὁ Περγάμου βασιλεὺς ὁ καὶ κατάγων αὐτόν· πρὸς ὃν ἀντιταττόμενος ὁ ∆ημήτριος τελευτᾷ ιβʹ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ, καὶ κρατεῖ τῆς Συρίας Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ ὑποτεταγμένος ἔτη εʹ, καὶ ἀναιρεῖται πολεμῶν τῷ Πτολε μαίῳ κατὰ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν κατάγοντι ∆ημήτριον τὸν ∆ημητρίου ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν Συρίας. συμπίπτει δὲ καὶ ὁ Πτολεμαῖος καὶ μετ' οὐ πολὺν χρό νον θνήσκει. Συρίας καὶ Ἀσίας ιαʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀλέξανδρος ἔτη θʹ. οὗτος υἱὸς ἦν Ἀντιόχου τοῦ Ἐπιφανοῦς. τινὲς δὲ ἔτη ιʹ φασὶν αὐτὸν βασιλεῦσαι, ἐν οἷς καὶ Εὐσέβιος. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος ετλεʹ. Οὗτος Πτολεμαίῳ φιλωθεὶς Κλεοπάτραν ἔγημε θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν Πτολεμαΐδι ὑπάρχουσιν αὐτοῖς Ἰωνάθης ἐλθὼν ἐφιλώθη. Τρύφων ὁ καὶ ∆ιόδοτος παρὰ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Βαλλᾶ τὴν τῶν πραγμά των ἐγχειρισθεὶς διοίκησιν Ἀντίοχον τὸν Ἀλεξάνδρου παρὰ Ἰμαλκούητὸν Ἄραβα τρεφόμενον ἀπολαβὼν ἐπολέμει τῷ ∆ημητρίῳ, φιλωθεὶς Ἰωνά 351 θῃ, ἡνίκα πολλῶν Ἰωνάθης κρατήσας τὴν πρὸς Ῥωμαίους φιλίαν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἀνεκτήσατο. ὁ δὲ Τρύφων Ἰωνάθην δεδοικὼς ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν παῖδα Ἀντίοχον καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἀνειπεῖν βασιλέα, μετὰ δυνάμεως πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐλθόντα πείθει πάντας ἀπολῦσαι πλὴν χιλίων καὶ συμπορευθῆναι ἕως Πτολεμαΐδος τὰς ἐκεῖ παραληψόμενον δυνάμεις. Ἰωνάθης δὲ συναπῆλθεν ἅμα χιλίοις μόνοις ἀπατηθεὶς ἐν Πτολεμαΐδι. δήσας δὲ τοῦτον ὁ Τρύφων ἐπιστρατεύει Ἰουδαίοις, ὧν ἡγεῖτο Σίμων ἀδελφὸς Ἰωνάθου, τάλαντά τε ρʹ ἐπεζήτει καὶ δύο τῶν παίδων Ἰωνάθου αὐτοῦ ἀντ' αὐτοῦ. ὁ δὲ Σίμων εἰδὼς ὅτι πάντα ψεύδεται, πλὴν δέδωκε πάντα καὶ οὐδ' οὕτως τοῦ φόνου τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἐξείλατο. Συρίας καὶ Ἀσίας ιβʹ ἐβασίλευσε ∆ημήτριος ∆ημητρίου τὸ αʹ ἔτη γʹ ὁ καὶ Σιριππίδης. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος ετμδʹ. Συρίας καὶ Ἀσίας ιγʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀντίοχος ὁ Σιδίτης ἔτη θʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος ετμζʹ. Οὗτος ἀδελφὸς ἦν τοῦδε τοῦ ∆ημητρίου. Οὗτος Τρύφωνα τὸν ἀνελόντα Ἰωνάθην καὶ Ἀντίοχον τὸν υἱὸν Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ ἑαυτὸν βασιλέα Συρίας ἀνειπόντα ἐκ Σίδης ἐλθὼν πολιορκεῖ εἰς ∆αρὰ καταφυγόντα κἀκεῖθεν εἰς Ὀρθωσίαν. ἐξ ἧς διωχθεὶς εἰς πῦρ ἐναλλόμενος θνήσκει. Συρίας καὶ Ἀσίας ιδʹ ἐβασίλευσε ∆ημήτριος τὸ βʹ ἔτη δʹ. τοῦ δὲ κό σμου ἦν ἔτος ετνςʹ. Συρίας καὶ Ἀσίας ιεʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀντίοχος ὁ Γρυπὸς ἔτη κςʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος ετξʹ. Χρὴ γινώσκειν ὅτι τὰ κςʹ ἔτη οὐκ εἰσὶ μόνου τοῦ Γρυποῦ Ἀντιόχου, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ Κυζικίου. πρῶτον γὰρ ὁ Γρυπὸς βασιλεύσας ἔτη δʹ ἐξεβλήθη ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυζικίου, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ὁ