him.  He therefore resolved to retrace his steps, and attack Pyrrhus, as being a foreigner, and an enemy of the Macedonians.  However, when he pitched his camp near Beroea, many came out from that city loudly praising Pyrrhus, as an invincible warrior and a great man, who had treated the vanquished with kindness and magnanimity.  Some of these were emissaries of Pyrrhus himself, disguised as Macedonians, who said that now was the time for them to relieve themselves from the harsh tyranny of Demetrius by adopting Pyrrhus, a popular man and a true friend of the soldier, as their king.  The greater part of Demetrius’s troops was much excited by this means, and when the two armies met face to face, all eyes were turned in search of the hero.  For a time they could not find him, for he had taken off his helmet; but when he had put it on again, and enabled them to recognise him by the lofty crest, and the goat’s horns at the sides, the Macedonian soldiers quitted their ranks, and came running up to ask him, as their chief, for the pass-word.  Others, seeing that his attendants wore garlands of oak-leaves, crowned themselves in like manner.  Some already ventured to tell Demetrius that his best course would be to give up all as lost:  and he, observing, that this advice seemed to be borne out by the temper of his army, withdrew in terror, disguised in a mean dress, and a broad-brimmed Macedonian hat.  Pyrrhus, advancing without striking a blow, obtained possession of his enemy’s camp, and was saluted king of the Macedonians.

XII.  Lysimachus soon appeared upon the scene, pointed out that the fall of Demetrius was as much due to his own exertions as to those of Pyrrhus, and demanded a partition of Macedonia.  To this Pyrrhus, not yet certain of the loyalty of his new subjects, was obliged to consent.  This measure was beneficial for the moment, as it prevented their going to war; but soon it became apparent that the partition was a source of endless quarrels and recriminations.  For when men are ambitious to such a degree that no seas, mountains, or wildernesses, nay not even the boundaries of Europe and Asia, will serve as barriers to their frantic desire for more territory, it is not to be expected that they will remain quiet when their frontiers touch one another, but they always are at war, from the natural jealousy of their disposition.  The names of peace and war they use as mere symbols, as it suits their convenience, and they are really better men when they are openly at war than when they give the name of peace and friendship to a cessation of active wickedness.  The truth of this was proved by Pyrrhus, who in order to prevent Demetrius from recovering from the great disaster which he had sustained, espoused the cause of Greece, and marched to Athens.  Here he went up to the Acropolis and sacrificed to the goddess Athena.  On descending he thanked the Athenians for their confidence in him, but advised them if they consulted their own interest never to