13
When the leader reached Persia with a force that seemed irresistible, they were cut to pieces in the temple of Nanea by a deception employed by the priests of the goddess [a] Nanea.
11
Having been saved by God out of grave dangers we thank him greatly for taking our side against the king,
12
for he drove out those who fought against the holy city.
13
When the leader reached Persia with a force that seemed irresistible, they were cut to pieces in the temple of Nanea by a deception employed by the priests of the goddess Nanea.
14
On the pretext of intending to marry her, Antiochus came to the place together with his Friends, to secure most of its treasures as a dowry.
15
When the priests of the temple of Nanea had set out the treasures and Antiochus had come with a few men inside the wall of the sacred precinct, they closed the temple as soon as he entered it.
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