The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 04

CHAPTER LXI

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THE FAILURE OF GRECIAN FREEDOM (318-279 B.C.) 486

Hellas at peace, 487. Athens under Demetrius; Sparta behind walls, 488. The last acts of Olympias’ power, 490. Ptolemy in Greece, 493. Athens passive and servile, 494. Success of Demetrius in Greece, 497. Battle of Ipsus, 498.