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Excerpt from Annales des Lagides, ou Chronologie des Rois Grecs d'Égypte, Successeurs d'Alexandre-le-Grand, Vol. 2 Ptolémée Philadelphe sutcédoit à son père encore vivant. Après avoir quitté le trône Ptolémée Soter jouissoit en quelque sorte des honneurs réservés à sa mémoire; il voyait sa propre ap othéose, son image et son nom associés dans les cérémonies publiques à ceux du grand Alexandre( 1) préludes du' culte dont il devint l'objet, et qui lui fit causa crer des autels, des chap elles et desprètres(z) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.