The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s1.57

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The four sons of Demetrius, in order of age, are then Euthydemus II, Demetrius II, Pantaleon, and Agathocles. In addition, Menander’s queen Agathocleia (Chap. VI) was probably his daughter.³ It has long been known from her use of Euthydemus’ coin-type of Heracles seated on a rock that she must have been descended from him, and on the dates that can only mean that she was his granddaughter; but if Agathocles and Agathocleia were both grandchildren of Euthydemus their names are strong to show that they were brother and sister. If Apollodotus was a son of Euthydemus it would be conceivable that she was Apollodotus’ daughter, for her son Strato I uses Apollodotus’ type of Apollo and tripod; but he may have used it, not because it had been used by Apollodotus, but because it was Seleucid, and in default of exact information it will be assumed in this book that she was the daughter of Demetrius. One point to notice about Demetrius’ family is that his eldest son Euthydemus II looks rather younger on his coins than any of his brothers (which means that he coined several years before they did), and that none of the four unless perhaps Demetrius II can have reached the age of thirty; these facts must be accounted for in the reconstruction.