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 CONTENTS. ;s:iii to his memory. — Explanation of this alteration. Kassander gets pos- session of Athens, and restores the oligjarchical or Phokionic party. — Life and cliaracter of Phokion. — War between Polysperchon and Kassander, in Attica and Peloponnesus. Polysperchon is repulsed in the sie^e of Me};i;alopolis, and also defeated at sea — Increased strenfrth of Kassan- der in Greece — he jrets possession of Athens. — Restoration of tiie oli- garchical government at Athens, though in a mitigated form, under the Phalerean Demetrius. — Administration of the Phalerean Demetrius at Athens, in a moderate spirit. Census taken of the Athenian popula- tion — Kassander in Peloponnesus — many cities join him — the Spartans surround their city with walls. — Feud in the Macedonian im])erial family — Olympias puts to death Philip Aridseus and Eurydike — she reigns in Macedonia: her bloody revenge against the paitisans of Antipater. — Kassander passes into Macedonia — defeats Olympias, and becomes master of the country — Olympias is besieged in Pydna, captured, and put to death. — Great power of Antigonus in Asia. Confederacy of Kas- sander, Lysimachus, Ptolemy, and Seleukus against him. — Kassander founds Kassandreia, and restores Thebes. —- Measures of Antigonus against Kassander — he promises freedom to the Greceian cities — Ptol- tmy promies the like. Great power of Kassander in Greece. — Forces of Antigonus in Greece. Considerable success against Kassander. — Pacification between the belligerents. Grecian autonomy guaranteed in name by all. Kassander puts to death Roxana and her child. — Polys- perchon espouses the pretensions of Herakles, son of Alexander, against Kassander. He enters into compact with Kassander, assassinates the foung prince, and is recognized as ruler of Southern Greece. — Assassi- nation of Klcopatra, last surviving relative of Alexander the Great, by

tigonus. — Ptolemy of Egypt in Greece — after some successes, he con- cludes a truce with Kassander. Passiveness of the Grecian cities. — Sudden arrival of Demetrius Poliorketes in Peirasus. The Athenians declare in his favor. Demetrius Phalereus retires to Egypt. Capture of Munychia and Megara. — Demetrius Poliorketes enters Athens in triumph. He promises restoration of the democracy. Extravagant votes of flattery passed by the Athenians towards him. Two new Athe- nian tribes created. — Alteration of tone and sentiment in Athens, dur- ing the last thirty years. — Contrast of Athens as proclaimed free by De- metrius Poliorketes, with Athens after the expulsion of Hippias. — Opposition made by Demochares, nephew of Demosthenes, to these obsequious public flatteries. — Demetrius Phalereus condemned in his absence. Honorable commemoration of the deceased orator Lykurgus. Restrictive law passed against the philosophers — they all leave Athens. The law is repealed next year, and the philosophers return to Athens. — Exploits of Demetrius Poliorketes. His long siege of Rhodes. Gallant and successful resistance of the citizens. — His prolonged war, and ulti- mate success in Greece, against Kassander. — Returp of Demetrius Poli- orketes to Athens — his triumphant reception^- memorable Ithyphalic hymn addressed to him. — Helpless condition of the Athenians — pro- claimed by themselves. — Idolatry shown to Demetrius at Athens. He is initiated in the Eleusinian mysteries, out of the regular season. — March of Demetrius into Thessaly — he passes into Asia and joins An- tigonus — great battle of Ipsus, in which the four confederates com- pletely defeat Antigonus, who is slain, and his Asiatic power broken up and partitioned. — Restoration of the Kassandri?in dominion in Greece. Larchares makes himself despot at Athens, under Kassander. Deme- trius Poliorketes returns, and expels Larchares. He garrisons Peirseua and Munychia. — Death of Kassander. Bloody feuds among his family VOI-. XII. B