# Fragmenta 59

Joannes Antiochenus, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg4_JOANNES_ANTIOCHENUS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-antiochenus/fragmenta/59

Ἐπειδὴ δὲ Δημήτριος Ἀντιόχου τοῦ Ἐπιφανοῦς υἱὸς παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις ὁμηρεύων, τὸν τοῦ πατρὸς ἐπύθετο θάνατον, καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν πρὸς τοῦ Εὐπάτορος ἁρπαγεῖσαν, ἱκετεύσας τὴν βουλὴν, καὶ πολλῆς ἐπικουρίας τυχὼν, ἐπὶ τὴν Συρίαν ἐπανέρχεται. Καὶ κατακτείνει μὲν τὸν Εὐπάτορα δύω ἔτεσιν ἐπιτρυφήσαντα, ἀναλαμβάνει [δὲ] τὴν βασιλείαν· καὶ σύμμαχος τοῦ Ῥωμαίων γένους κληθεὶς, βεβαίας ἀπήλαυσε τῆς ἡγεμονίας. Ἐνιαυτοὺς δὲ βʹ πρὸς τοῖς δέκα βιώσας, ὑπ ̓ Ἀλεξάνδρου δολοφονεῖται, τοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν διαδεξαμένου.

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JOANNES ANTIOCHENUS, Fragmenta. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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