Note 131 — Chapter X · ANTIOCHUS THE MANIFEST GOD
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The στρατηγός ἐπὶ τὰ ὅ πλα i.e. “general of infantry,” was at that time practically equivalent to the chief magistracy. Athenian coins of the year 175 B.C.E. bear his name and the elephant which was the heraldic emblem of his house. Reinach, Rev. d. et. gr. 1888, 163 f.