ch an arrogant tone that the other kings were alarmed and sent
letters to Pyrrhus in which they expressed their surprise that he
should overlook the magnificent opportunity which Demetrius would
offer him by engaging in a foreign war, and asked him whether, when he
was able to drive that restless intriguer out of Macedonia, he
intended not to do so, but to sit idle at home while Demetrius gained
wealth and power, until at length he would have to fight for his
hearth and home in Molossia, and that too when Demetrius had just
deprived him of Korkyra by means of his wife. For Lanassa had
quarrelled with Pyrrhus because he paid too much attention to his
barbarian wives, had retired to Korkyra, and, as she still wished to
be a queen, invited Demetrius to take possession of her person and of
the island. He at once proceeded thither, married Lanassa, and placed
a garrison in the city.

XI. Besides writing to Pyrrhus in this strain the kings themselves
contrived to find work for Demetrius, who was still engaged in
preparations for his campaign. Ptolemy sailed to Greece with a large
force and induced many of the Greek cities to revolt from Demetrius,
while Lysimachus, starting from Thrace, invaded and plundered Upper
Macedonia. At the same time Pyrrhus marched upon the city of Beroea,
truly conjecturing that Demetrius, in his haste to repel the invasion
of Upper Macedonia, would leave the lower part of the country
unprotected. That night he dreamed that he was called by Alexander the
Great, and that he at once went to him, and found him reclining on a
couch. The hero received him kindly, and promised him that he would
aid him. When Pyrrhus mustered courage to ask, "How, O king, being
yourself ill, can you assist me?" Alexander answered, "With my name,"
and mounting a Nisaean horse appeared to lead the way. This dream gave
Pyrrhus great confidence: he quickly marched over the intervening
country and took Beroea, where he fixed his headquarters, and sent out
detachments to reduce other places. Demetrius, when he heard this
news, and heard also the tumult of grief and indignation which it
excited in his camp, feared to march any closer to Lysimachus, lest if
his army came near to a king who was a Macedonian, and so
distinguished a man, the troops might transfer their allegiance to
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