The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s1.42

c10.s1.42

Whether Euthydemus had a third son beside Demetrius and Antimachus is purely matter of speculation, for Apollodotus has left no portrait of himself. He belonged rather to Demetrius’ generation than to the next (Chap. IV), and the confidence which Demetrius obviously felt in him (p. 166), and the fact that Demetrius’ grandson Strato I imitated his regular coin-type,¹ would fit well enough with a belief that he was Demetrius’ youngest brother. But there is nothing to show. He cannot have been a mere general, for his regular coin-type on his bronze money is the Seleucid type² of Apollo and tripod, and he therefore presumably claimed Seleucid descent; if not Demetrius’ brother, we must suppose that at any rate he was a collateral of the royal house. But as such a collateral would hardly be a Seleucid, his Seleucid type makes it much more probable that he was Demetrius’ brother.