[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Greeks in Bactria and India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938) › c19.4 # The Greeks in Bactria and India c19.4 The Greeks in Bactria and India c19.4 - **Language:** English ### [c19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c19.4) What Polybius says² is that Antiochus wanted money and proposed to attack the temple; it does not follow that he had information as to what Antiochus had in mind, and the statement might mean no more than that Antiochus had his army with him. Polybius does not say either that he then attacked the temple or that he was beaten off; he goes on to say that he was deceived of his expectation because the barbarians of the place would not agree to the proposed transgression of law (or custom). As Polybius could not possibly say that the natives did not agree to being attacked—a mere absurdity—the only thing which his rather obscure παρανομία can mean is that Antiochus made some proposal to the temple authorities which they rejected as unlawful or sacrilegious; and as he begins by saying that Antiochus wanted money, doubtless what it means is that the king demanded of the temple authorities money in some form, perhaps as (nominally) a loan which he may or may not have intended to repay. He was refused, and nothing further happened; when we come to the circumstances, it will be obvious that nothing further \*could\* happen. - [Previous: c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c19.3) - [Next: c19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c19.5) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c19.4) · Pramāṇa