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Philip Vandalizes Thermus

Philip loudly lamented his ill-fortune in having so
Attalus eludes Philip. Livy, 28, 7, 8, B. C. 207.
narrowly missed getting Attalus into his hands. . . .

On his way to the lake Trichonis Philip arrived

Philip at Thermus See 5, 6-18.
at Thermus, where there was a temple of Apollo; and there he once more defaced all the sacred buildings which he had spared on his former occupation of the town. In both instances it was an ill-advised indulgence of temper: for it is a mark of utter unreasonableness to commit an act of impiety against heaven in order to gratify one's wrath against man. . . .

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