Excerpt from Plutarch's Lives, Vol. 3 of 6: Translated From the Original Greek; With Notes Critical and Historical, and a New Life of Plutarch When he was about seventeen years of age, and seemedv to be quite established 1n his kingdom, he happenedlto he called out of his own territories, to attend the nuptials of?) one of Glaucias 5 sons, with whom he had been educated. On this occasion the Molossians revolting again, drove out his friends, pillaged his treasures, and put themselves o'nce more under Neoptolemus. Pyrrhus having t-hus lostthe. Crown, and being in want of every thing, applied himself to Demetrius, the son of Antigonus, who had ma1 r1ed his sister Deidamia. That princess, when very young, had 1 been promised to Alexander the son of Roxana (by Alex-11 ander the Great); but that family being unfortunately cut Off, she was given, when she came to be marriageable, 1 to Demetrius. In the great hattie of Ipsus, where all the kings of the earth weie engaged} Pyrrhus accompanied Demetrius; and, though but young, bore down all before him, and highly distinguished. Himself among the com batants. Nor did he fo1 sake Demetrius when unsuccessful; but kept for him those cities of Greece with which he was intrusted: and when the treaty was concluded with Ptolei my, he went to Egypt as an hostage. There, both in hunting and other exercises, he gave Ptolemy proofs of his strength and indefatigable abilities. Observing, that among Ptolemy' s wives, Berenice was she who had the gieates't powei, and was most eminent for virtue and um dei standing, he attached himself most to her. For he had a particular art of making his court to the great, while be overlooked those that were below him. Arid as in his' whole conduct he paid great attention to decency, tempe rance and prudence, Antigone, who was daughter to Be renice by her first husband Philip, was giyen'him, in pre ference to many other young princes. 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.