The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s3.170
The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s3.170
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¹ His death: Polyb. xxxi, 9 (11). App. *Syr.* 66 says phthisis; usually I think accepted. The story in *II Macc.* ix means consumption of the bowels; but Jews were too fond of relating that their enemies were ‘eaten of worms’ for any credence to be attached to this, especially as the same book, i, 12 sqq., has a totally different story. On the contradiction see Kolbe *op. cit.* p. 120.