Caesar in Egypt, Costanza, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Caesar in Egypt, Costanza, and Other PoemsT he Egyptians were in a [late of anarchy. Pothinus, governor (a eunuch), Achillas, general (an Egyptian), and Theodotus of Chios (tutor), fupported the young King, Ptolemaeus, in oppofition to the Will of Auletes, which direfled that Cleo patra (the elde/t child) mould reign conjointly with and wedded to her brother. Cleopatra refi/ted, and was then, with her adherents, beyond Pelufium. Hence there was a civil war.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.