Pausanias Analysis

Chapter 1.9

• 1.9.1: Ptolemy VI Philometor and Cleopatra's hostility.
• 1.9.2: Alexander proclaimed king in Alexandria after plots against Ptolemy.
• 1.9.3: Ptolemy retakes Egypt and utterly destroys Thebes
• 1.9.4: Egyptians honored from gratitude; Philip and Alexander honored from flattery
• 1.9.5: Lysimachus, Alexander's bodyguard who slew a lion, later became king in Thrace.
• 1.9.6: Agathocles captured by the Getae; Lysimachus makes peace and arranges dynastic marriages.
• 1.9.7: Lysimachus overthrows Antigonus, unites Ephesus, and ravages Epirus.
• 1.9.8: Lysimachus destroys Cardia and founds Lysimacheia