LATE PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS, PROFESSOR OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF INSCRIPTIONS AND BELLES LETTRES. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH. IN EIGHT VOLUMES. VOL. VI. THE TWELFTH EDITION. ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS. BOSTON: PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY HASTINGS, ETHERIDGE AND BLISS, No 8, STATE STREET; AND AT THE WASHINGTON HEAD, CHARLESTOWN. 1808. CONTENTS PAGE. II. Dispute between the two sons of Cassander. Demetrius proclaimed king of Macedonia, IV. Magnificent solemnity at the inauguration of Ptolemy Philadelphus king of Egypt, V. Commencement of the reign of Ptolemy Phila- delphus. Death of Demetrius Phalereus, |