nine years,

Christ, ascended the throne of Syria, and reigned He was surnamed Sidetes from his love of hunting, the word Zidah, in the Syriac tongue, signifying the hunter. Simon renewed the ancient treaties with Rome, and his sovereignty was recognised by the senate, which signified to all the nations in the neighbourhood of Judæa, that the Jews were the friends and allies of the Roman people, and, amongst others, they also wrote to Demetrius, at the Parthian court, for they had neither acknowledged Tryphon nor Antiochus Sidetes. Antiochus, notwithstanding the great promises he had made to Simon, which he considered extorted by the exigency of the case, was not deterred from sending an army into Judæa, under the command of Cendebæus, who was met by Judas and John, the sons of Simon, and completely overthrown.

Much about this time, the inhabitants of Alexandria, being wearied out with the depravity and cruelties of Physcon, abandoned their native city and spread themselves over foreign countries, carrying with them the arts and sciences, which had been almost confined to their own country: thence it was that polite literature revived in Greece and Asia Minor, for

that were disgusted with the cruelty of Tryphon,
who, being possessed of the object of his ambi-
tion, soon began to show the natural brutality
of his disposition. Cleopatra then sent to An-
tiochus Sidetes, the brother of Demetrius, pro-
posing to unite their forces, and, this being done,
to marry him, and obtain for him the crown.
She made this promise from indignation at
having heard that her husband Demetrius had
married Rhodoguna, the daughter of Mithri-
dates, and because her children were too young
to assert their rights. Antiochus, being the
second son of Demetrius Soter, and the youngest
of the two sent to Cnidos, acceded to the pro-
posals of Cleopatra, and assumed the title of
king of Syria. He wrote to Simon, complain-
ing of the unjust usurpation of Tryphon, and
made him the most splendid promises to brin
him over to his interest, and, in the folle
year, he landed in Syria, and

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that were disgusted with the cruelty of Tryphon, who, being possessed of the object of his ambition, soon began to show the natural brutality of his disposition. Cleopatra then sent to Antiochus Sidetes, the brother of Demetrius, proposing to unite their forces, and, this being done, to marry him, and obtain for him the crown. She made this promise from indignation at having heard that her husband Demetrius had married Rhodoguna, the daughter of Mithridates, and because her children were too young to assert their rights. Antiochus, being the second son of Demetrius Soter, and the youngest of the two sent to Cnidos, acceded to the proposals of Cleopatra, and assumed the title of king of Syria. He wrote to Simon, complaining of the unjust usurpation of Tryphon, and made him the most splendid promises to bring him over to his interest, and, in the following year, he landed in Syria, and was soon at the head of a very numerous army. Tryphon, not being able to resist him, fled to Dora, a city of Phoenicia, where Antiochus shut him up closely; but Tryphon managed to escape by sea to Orthosia, thence to Apamæa, his birth-place, and was there taken and put to death. Antiochus, in the year of the world 3865, and 139 years before

Christ, ascended the throne of Syria, and reigned nine years. He was surnamed Sidetes from his love of hunting, the word Zidah, in the Syriac tongue, signifying the hunter. Simon renewed the ancient treaties with Rome, and his sovereignty was recognised by the senate, which signified to all the nations in the neighbourhood of Judæa, that the Jews were the friends and allies of the Roman people, and, amongst others, they also wrote to Demetrius, at the Parthian court, for they had neither acknowledged Tryphon nor Antiochus Sidetes. Antiochus, notwithstanding the great promises he had made to Simon, which he considered extorted by the exigency of the case, was not deterred from sending an army into Judæa, under the command of Cendebæus, who was met by Judas and John, the sons of Simon, and completely overthrown.

Much about this time, the inhabitants of Alexandria, being wearied out with the depravity and cruelties of Physcon, abandoned their native city and spread themselves over foreign countries, carrying with them the arts and sciences, which had been almost confined to their own country: thence it was that polite literature revived in Greece and Asia Minor, for