S22 Major Tod's Account of Greek, Parthian, and Hindu Medals. 



" tliat he added to the empire, and left Bactria, in a flourishing condition, 

 to his son Eucratides."* Bayer combats this opinion, which was held by 

 J. Vallus and others ; and says, " 1 shall prove from Strabo and Plutarch, 

 that Demetrius, son of Euthydemus, neither succeeded Menander, nor was 

 king of Bactria :" t and he seems to be supported in this notion by others.t 



The time, allotted by Bayer to the reign of Eucratides I , is sufficiently 

 long to admit of an additional prince, being tiiirty-five years from his assum- 

 ing the government. It is here that Heliocles has his place assigned by 

 Sestini ; and hence the identity conjectured of this prince and Demetrius. 

 The reason given of his unfitness § to succeed his father Euthydemus, as 

 being too young, falls to the ground, when it is considered that he was old 

 enough to form a treaty with Antiochus. 



The author of the description of the medal of Demetrius,|| quoting Strabo, 

 says that, along with Menander, he had conquered even to the Hypanis, 

 and that lie founded a city, called after his father, Euthydemia, near the In- 

 dus. Respecting the extent of the conquests, as far as the Hypanis, a very 

 judicious note appended to the French translation of Strabo may be referred 

 to.^ Bayer has also commented on this passage of Strabo, and it will enable 

 us to proceed at once to the consideration of the medal of Menander. The 

 passage in question is as follows:** " Some of these princes subjugated more 

 nations even than Alexander, especially Menander, who, having passed the 

 Hypanis,tt advanced towards the east as far as the Isamus ; but if it was to 

 iiim that the Greeks were chiefly indebted for their conquests, the obligation 

 was in part due to Demetrius, son of Euthydennis, king of the Bactrians. 

 Thus they subjugated the Patalene ; then spreading over the coast, they con-. 

 queredthe kingdom of Tessarioustus, andthatof Segestes. These sameGreeks 

 carried their victorious arms as far as the countries of the Syri tt and Phauni." 



* Anc. Univ. Hist., vol. iii. page 846. 

 f Hist. Reg. Gr. Bactr., page 74. 



I Note 1. Demetrius, le fils d'Euthydemus, ne parait point avoir jamais porte la couronne," 

 &c. &c.— Strabon, liv. xi. sec. iv, 



§ Anc. Univ. Hist. 



II Supplement, page 4 and 5, quoting Strabo. 

 f Page 75. 



** Strabon, liv. xi. 



f •(■ The Hyphasis, the Sutledge of modern geography, one of the five eastern arms of the Indus. 



:{;}; Or Suroi, as Bayer, more nearly approximating to the original Xufwv, writes it. 



