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tremely populous. They who would apply to 

 the ftudy of the Grecian hiftory, fhould make it 

 their principal endeavour to learn the different 

 deflinies of Scionia, Argos, Arcadia, Sparta, A- 

 thens, Corinth, Thebes, Mycenae and Meflene. 

 For it is there that they will find great models of 

 every kind, and they will there fee that the po- 

 liteft genius, and the profoundeft fcience may be 

 united in one people, with the moft noble and 

 amiable valour. 



XXIII. The kingdom of Macedonia made, 

 as we have feen, part of Greece ; its firft king 

 was Caranus, a native of Argina, and grandfon 

 of Hercules. This family reigned, in feventeen 

 generations, till the time of Alexander. Philip, 

 father of that celebrated hero, was an ambitious, 

 able, warlike prince, and a great politician. He 

 laid the foundation of that immenfe power which 

 his fon obtained by his numerous victories, and 

 which will render him renowned to the end of 

 time. The prophet Daniel compares him to a 

 winged leopard, and in fadt he flew from con- 

 queit to conqueft j for in fix years and ten 

 months, he fubdued Thrace, Greece, Egypt, a 

 part of Arabia and Africa, Syria, Pamphylia, 

 the two Phrygias, Caria, Lydia, Paphlagonia, 

 Aflyria, Sufiana, Drangiane, Arachofia, Gedra- 

 nia, Aria, Bactriana, Sogdiana,Parthia, Hyrcania, 

 Armenia, Perfia, Babylon, Mefopotamia, and 

 India. All thefe extenfive countries were ad- 

 ded to Macedonia, and in the year of the 



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