ABSTRACT
On September 29th 146 B. C. 1 Ptolemy VII seizes the reins of the government in Alexandria after his brother Philometor, who had suddenly been killed by accident in Syria. He named himself Euergetes, but his loyal subjects called him Cacergetes or Physcon. For more than twenty years he had aspired to the throne and at several times had approached his goal within a hair’s breadth. Philometor had had his brother’s life in his hands at least twice, but spared him. Euergetes on the contrary shows no forbearance. The legitimate heir of the throne, Eupator, is made away with. Aristarchus, the famous teacher of the young prince, and with him all the more prominent learned men of the Museum, fled terror-stricken. An officer of the Guard, Cydas, was appointed President of the Royal Academy of Alexandria.
