A.M. 3887. KINGS OF EGYPT. PTOLEMY LATHYRUS, or SOTER, succeeds Phys con. Cleopatra, his mother, obliges him to repudiate Cleopatra, his eldest sister, and marry Selene, his youngest sister. Cleopatra gives the kingdom of Cyprus to Alexander, her youngest son. 3897. Cleopatra expels Lathyrus from Egypt: he had reigned ten years. She sets his younger brother Alexander upon the throne. 3903. She gives her daughter Selene, whom she had taken from Lathyrus, in marriage to Antiochus Grypus. Grypus is reconciled with his brother the Cyzicenian. chus Sidetes, takes arms against Grypus. Cleopatra, whom 3891. Lathyrus had been obliged to repudiate, marries the Cyzicenian. She is killed by the order of Tryphena wife of Grypus. The Cyzicenian 3892. gains a victory over Grypus, and drives him out of Syria. The two bro- 3893. thers are reconciled, and divide the Death of Grypus. He had reigned twenty- 3907. 3915. 3916. Alexander kills his mother Cleopatra. Alexander is expelled himself: he had reigned nineteen years. He dies soon after.. LATHYRUS is recalled. 3923. Death of Lathyrus. ALEXANDER II. son of Alexander I. under Sylla's protection, is chosen king. He marries Cleopatra, otherwise called Berenice, and kills her seventeen days after. He reigned fifteen years. The Alexandrians expel Alexander. 3939. PTOLEMY AULETES, bastard son of Lathyrus, is placed upon the throne. |